Robert Mueller launched his plan to remove Donald Trump from office.
He announced indictments against two former aides and a guilty plea from a third.
But when the smoke cleared, Mueller’s big move instantly blew up in his face.
When Mueller announced that former campaign manager Paul Manafort and former Manafort deputy Rick Gates would be indicted, anti-Trump forces in the swamp believed they would finally discover the evidence that proved Trump and his campaign had colluded with Russia.
But it was fake news.
In the 31-page indictment of Manafort and Gates, neither Trump, the campaign, nor the 2016 election were ever mentioned.
Manafort and Gates were brought up on charges stemming from their work as foreign lobbyists from 2006 to 2015.
Trump immediately took to Twitter to rail against the media for over-hyping the story and pointed out that this was another swing and a miss for Mueller in his quest to drive him from office over the Russia collusion theory.
Sorry, but this is years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign. But why aren't Crooked Hillary & the Dems the focus?????
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2017
….Also, there is NO COLLUSION!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2017
The anti-Trump media then tried to point to the guilty plea of a 29-year-old former volunteer of the campaign for his false statements to the FBI over his contacts with the Russians.
George Papadopoulos was a foreign policy advisor on a board that met only once in 2016.
He had tried to convince campaign higher-ups that he could set up a meeting with Vladimir Putin, but was repeatedly shot down.
He pled guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russians, including one conversation where it was claimed he was offered thousands of Hillary Clinton emails.
No emails were given to the campaign and no meetings with any Russians took place.
In fact, email exchanges from top campaign officials show they rejected the idea out of hand.
If Mueller’s opening salvo was two indictments for financial crimes from before the campaign even started, and a low-level volunteer who got over his skis and lied to the FBI, then he is holding no cards.
His investigation was the swamp’s last chance to impeach Trump.
And now it’s blowing up in their face.
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