September 9, 2017

Robert Mueller is slowly building his case using traditional tactics for dealing with mob bosses

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/8/24/1692900/-Robert-Mueller-is-slowly-building-his-case-using-traditional-tactics-for-dealing-with-mob-bosses
"it’s not just Manafort who has been a target of Mueller’s growing team of powerhouse lawyers and investigators. Donald Trump Jr. is reported to be a focus of the special counsel’s efforts, with particular attention to the circumstances surrounding the meeting that Trump Jr. hosted at Trump Tower in June of 2016, where the Trump campaign was offered material attacking Hillary Clinton by representatives of the Russian government. And those are just the start. Jay Sekulow, part of Trump’s legal team, denies that Mueller is putting together a racketeering case against Trump. Sekulow also said it’s “fundamentally incorrect” to assume that Mueller is conducting a mob-style investigation when it comes to Trump and his family members, at least based on what he’s seen to date. But Sekulow appears to have seen something quite different from everyone else. "Mueller is no dummy," said William Mateja, a former federal prosecutor who investigated white-collar crime and served at the Justice Department when Mueller was director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. "You use crimes like money laundering and tax evasion to get cooperation from people who might be in the know." In addition to Manafort and Trump Jr., Mueller is known to be looking into the activities of Jared Kushner, including how his family has used connections to Trump to convince Chinese investors to buy into his properties."