Papadopoulos被判刑（获特朗普总统特赦）, Cohen入狱三年, Manafort获刑7.5年、Gates, Flynn, Patten认罪， Roger Stone获刑40个月；Flynn、Manafort、Stone获特朗普总统特赦; Steve Bannon、纳瓦罗被判四个月监禁

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看来俄国暗中支持的是桑德斯或者希拉里，我觉得桑德斯的面大一些，毕竟他号称社会主义者，还很穷，容易受贿。

 

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Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump hasn't had a lot of good weeks since becoming president last January. But this one looks like one of the worst.

Trump was buffeted on virtually every front -- the Russia investigation, issues of his personal conduct prior to becoming president, staffing at the White House, crisis response -- over the past week, and, as is often the case, his own public comments made things worse, not better.

+Here's a quick review of the major -- and majorly bad -- news of the past five days for Trump:

• Special counsel Robert Mueller issued indictments for 13 Russians for their role in a massive election meddling plot that roped in "unwitting" Trump campaign officials in its web. The depth and breath of the Russia strategy to influence the 2016 election runs directly counter to Trump's attempts to cast the entire Russia investigation as a "total hoax: and a "witch hunt."
• Rick Gates, a former senior adviser to Trump's 2016 campaign, is nearing a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller. Gates would be the third member of Trump's campaign to cooperate with the Mueller investigation into Russia's attempted meddling in the 2016 election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign.
• Ronan Farrow reports in The New Yorker of an alleged affair between former Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal and Trump. McDougal's story of Trump's courtship of her and their alleged affair bears many similarities to account by Daniels and former reality TV star Summer Zervos.
• The Rob Porter debacle rages into a second week. Now 10 days after the initial reports of alleged domestic abuse against both of his ex-wives by the former White House staff secretary, the White House still can't get its story -- or timeline -- straight. On Tuesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray directly contradicted the White House' account that Porter's background check was in process -- making clear that the FBI had closed the case file on Porter in January. White House chief of staff John Kelly sits in the middle of this crisis communications disaster, having apparently not told his staff the whole truth at the start of all of this. Reports of Trump privately fuming -- at Kelly, at the situation -- are everywhere even as the the White House insists the president continues to have confidence in Kelly.
• Less than 24 hours after the murder of 17 people at a Florida school, Trump takes to Twitter to offer his thoughts. "So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior," he tweeted on Thursday morning. "Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances to authorities, again and again!" While Trump strikes a more conciliatory tone later on Thursday, it's the tweet that gets the most attention. Trump also faced a series of calls -- from parents of the those killed in the Parkland shooting and students who survived -- to do something to curtail the number of school shootings in the country.
• EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's penchant for first-class flights went public. The Washington Post first detailed the massive expenditures for Pruitt to fly first- and business class -- often on jaunts as quick as DC to New York. Pruitt defended himself by saying he was regularly being threatened -- people know what the EPA administrator looks like by sight? -- by passengers and that the first-class accommodations were born of necessity.
• An inspector general's report shows that Veterans Administration head David Shulkin's chief of staff doctored an email and made a series of false statements in order to justify the use of government funds for Shulkin's wife to accompany him on a trip to Europe in 2017. On Capitol Hill on Thursday, Shulkin admitted to lawmakers that "the optics of this are not good."

That would be a bad month for most presidents. Hell, it might even be enough for a bad year. But this was ONE WEEK for Trump. And I didn't even include the fact that the the Trump-backed immigration plan got only 39 votes in the Senate -- with 11 Republicans defecting. Or that Democrats just keep winning state legislative seats that Trump carried in 2016, a potential precursor to a major anti-GOP wave in the 2018 midterms.

Whether you love Trump or loathe him, it's impossible to conclude that this week has been anything short of a disaster for him. On every front, things got worse for Trump over the past five days. (If you go back a week, you include Trump's tone-deaf tweet in response to the allegations against Porter and his decision not to release the memo from Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee.)

Weeks like this may not worry Trump -- whose re-election bid is still a ways off. But, for congressional Republicans desperate to hold their House and Senate majorities come November 6, they simply can't afford the Republican president to rack up many more weeks like this.

 

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Too early to tell.

 

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Trump的国家安全顾问承认俄罗斯干扰大选（incontrovertible)，trump 发推说他忘了澄清大选结果不受影响。

 

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美“通俄门”调查特别检察官起诉一名律师
2018-02-21 08:24:24 来源： 中国新闻网

　　负责美国“通俄门”调查的特别检察官米勒办公室20日宣布已起诉一名律师范·德·兹万，称他在与特朗普竞选团队成员理查德·盖茨接触的问题上对调查人员做伪证。兹万当天下午已在位于华盛顿的美国联邦地方法院认罪。

　　自从去年被司法部副部长任命为主导“通俄门”调查的特别检察官，米勒迄今为止已经起诉了特朗普前竞选团队主席马纳福特及其商业伙伴盖茨，特朗普前国家安全事务助理弗林、特朗普前竞选团队的外交顾问帕帕佐普洛斯、13名俄罗斯人和3家俄罗斯公司以及一名涉嫌为俄罗斯人提供虚假网络帐号的加州居民等。

　　相关法庭文件称，33岁的兹万在去年11月接受联邦调查局人员的问询时声称，自己与盖茨最后一次接触是2016年8月发过短信。此外，兹万声称与一名未具名的人士A的最后一次接触是2014年，同时他也不知道为何一份与A的电邮没有交给米勒。实际上，兹万与盖茨和A在2016年9月还有过接触，并且还录下了相关通话并删除了前述电邮。

　　从时间上看，兹万与盖茨最后一次接触时，盖茨还是特朗普竞选团队的成员，但马纳福特当时已不再是特朗普竞选团队的主席。

　　据美国广播公司报道，盖茨并不是兹万的客户，但兹万曾效力的律师事务所与乌克兰有联系，而盖茨和马纳福特曾为乌克兰政治人物当说客，米勒此前起诉盖茨和马纳福特也是称他们在当说客期间存在洗钱等犯罪活动。

　　据美国有线电视新闻网分析，鉴于兹万已是第四名在“通俄门”调查中与米勒达成认罪协议的人，目前的关键是兹万会如何协助米勒的进一步调查。据《洛杉矶时报》报道，盖茨将在未来几天与米勒达成认罪协议。此前，他和马纳福特都表示自己无罪。

 

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扛不住！又一特朗普竞选助理配合“通俄”调查
2018-02-25 06:45 来源： 新华网

　　唐纳德·特朗普竞选美国总统期间充任竞选团队副经理的里克·盖茨23日与主持“通俄”调查的特别检察官罗伯特·米勒达成认罪协议。

　　盖茨因而成为同意配合“通俄”调查的第五名关键人物，同时将对依然显示“硬撑”姿态的特朗普原竞选团队经理保罗·马纳福特构成压力。

　　【认罪】

　　盖茨现年45岁，2016年总统选举时出任特朗普竞选团队副经理，他的商业伙伴马纳福特任团队经理5个月。

　　根据认罪协议，盖茨承认两项罪名，即合谋欺骗政府和不向美国政府申报外国“代理人”身份。路透社报道，他将因这两项罪名获刑最长将近6年。

　　美国媒体报道，盖茨之所以认罪，是不想让这一法律程序过多影响家人。

　　米勒去年10月指控马纳福特和盖茨为先后担任乌克兰总理、总统的维克托·亚努科维奇及其领导的地区党在美国“游说”多年，获得巨额收入，却不向美国政府申报他们的“代理人”身份。他们经由海外秘密账户转移资金，在美国过“奢华生活”，却不报税。

　　本月22日，米勒对这两人追加32项罪名，包括欺诈银行、不实纳税申报、逃税。

　　【有料？】

　　2016年选举过程中，马纳福特为乌克兰政府游说一事遭媒体“曝光”后离开特朗普竞选团队，但盖茨依然留任，分管联络共和党全国委员会。

　　特朗普当选后，盖茨供职于过渡团队，是总统就职委员会成员之一；他同时与一些支持特朗普的政治团体“共事”，但去年丢了这份差事。去年10月遭米勒团队起诉时，盖茨受雇于特朗普好友、亿万富翁汤姆·巴拉克。

　　米勒团队提起的诉讼与“通俄”嫌疑没有直接关联。他们对盖茨2016年6月参加的一次会谈颇感兴趣。当时，数名特朗普竞选团队高级助理在纽约特朗普大厦内与一名俄罗斯律师会面。

路透社报道，米勒想要调查会面期间是否有人谈起不久后遭“黑客”截收并曝光的民主党全国委员会成员内部电子邮件。

　　2016年7月，“维基揭秘”网站曝光近两万份民主党方面内部邮件，显示民主党高层有意“抹黑”总统候选人希拉里·克林顿的党内竞争对手。希拉里竞选阵营称，内部邮件遭泄露是俄罗斯所为，目的是助特朗普一臂之力。俄罗斯政府始终否认干涉美国选举。

　　【硬撑】

　　马纳福特是否会成为下一块倒下的“多米诺骨牌”，令人关注。一些媒体推断，盖茨认罪将向马纳福特进一步施加压力，迫使后者配合“通俄”调查。

　　盖茨与米勒达成认罪协议之后，马纳福特发表声明，坚称自己清白。

　　米勒及其下属23日再次针对马纳福特“加码”，向首都华盛顿一家联邦地区法院提出新指控，涉及他过去秘密向欧洲国家卸任官员支付好处费，让对方替亚努科维奇政府游说。检方说，这些原政界人士表面充当“独立分析师”，实际是受雇于马纳福特的说客。

　　除盖茨，迄今为止4名米勒团队的调查对象认罪，分别是特朗普竞选团队外交政策顾问乔治·帕帕佐普洛斯、前任总统国家安全事务助理迈克尔·弗林、曾受雇于马纳福特和盖茨的荷兰律师亚历克斯·范德兹万，以及向几名涉嫌干涉美国内政的俄罗斯人售卖美国公民信息的里卡多·皮内多。

　　特朗普一直坚称“通俄”调查是对他的“政治迫害”。白宫方面23日说，最新针对马纳福特和盖茨的指控都与总统或白宫无关，没有证据显示特朗普及其竞选团队成员“通俄”。

 

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感觉Robert Mueller采用的是农村包围城市的战略。

等到年底或者明年年初看效果吧。

 

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感觉Robert Mueller采用的是农村包围城市的战略。

等到年底或者明年年初看效果吧。

村长预测一下，川普会不会被弹劾。

 

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村长预测一下，川普会不会被弹劾。

关键看trump是否同意被muller interview（under oath）。如果接受问询，就他那大嘴，用不了多久，就会定罪perjury。

当然，据说即使trump不同意，muller也能找到向Super Court 提出indict trump的证据。

 

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关键看trump是否同意被muller interview（under oath）。如果接受问询，就他那大嘴，用不了多久，就会定罪perjury。

当然，据说即使trump不同意，muller也能找到向Super Court 提出indict trump的证据。

一般的证据没用。
弹劾一个总统绝不是容易的事。