[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #795 Roger's reward

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Op maandag 13 juli 2020 20:10 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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Ja maar je mag toch aannemen dat kwijtschelding van straf ook strafbaar is om precies dezelfde reden.

Bedenk daarbij ook dat Barr zijn zin kreeg in het bedingen van een lagere straf (de reden dat 4 aanklagers opstapten in de zaak) en alsnog wordt deze kwijtgescholden?

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Op maandag 13 juli 2020 20:24 schreef AnneX het volgende:

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Gut, was ik al weer vergeten. Tis mij wat.

En dan hoor je Rutte bijv. zoiets zeggen/tweeten:

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svdate twitterde op maandag 13-07-2020 om 13:45:33 Trump is now warning TV networks that a Biden presidency would be boring and bad for their ratings. https://t.co/7DNpI8SGnR reageer retweet

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Op maandag 13 juli 2020 19:40 schreef AnneX het volgende:

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Dat kon ik niet meer aanhoren.
En de vrouw heeft een respectabele opleiding als Harvard.😳

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The study, published earlier this month in the National Bureau of Economic Research, found that 43 percent of white students admitted to Harvard University were recruited athletes, legacy students, children of faculty and staff, or on the dean’s interest list — applicants whose parents or relatives have donated to Harvard.

That number drops dramatically for black, Latino and Asian American students, according to the study, with less than 16 percent each coming from those categories.

The study also found that roughly 75 percent of the white students admitted from those four categories, labeled 'ALDCs' in the study, “would have been rejected if they had been treated as white non-ALDCs,” the study said.

Almost 70 percent of all legacy applicants are white, compared with 40 percent of all applicants who do not fall under those categories, the authors found.

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Op maandag 13 juli 2020 19:56 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Waarom horen we trouwens niks van Barr?

Reminder video:

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aryi3025 twitterde op zondag 12-07-2020 om 06:40:58 Sen. Leahy: “Do you believe a president could lawfully issue a pardon in exchange for the recipient’s promise not to incriminate him?”

AG Barr: “No. That would be a crime.”

#PardonMeTrump

@:ProjectLincoln https://t.co/mH9S3lekOT reageer retweet

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NBCNews twitterde op maandag 13-07-2020 om 00:31:06 AG Barr discussed Roger Stone's sentence with Pres. Trump and recommended clemency not be offered, multiple sources say, and other White House officials, including White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, also advised the president against the commutation. https://t.co/41czqmArfl reageer retweet

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Op maandag 13 juli 2020 21:13 schreef Brave_Sir_Robin het volgende:

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NBCNews twitterde op maandag 13-07-2020 om 00:31:06 AG Barr discussed Roger Stone's sentence with Pres. Trump and recommended clemency not be offered, multiple sources say, and other White House officials, including White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, also advised the president against the commutation. https://t.co/41czqmArfl reageer retweet

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PpollingNumbers twitterde op maandag 13-07-2020 om 22:06:44 National Poll:
Biden 48% (+8)
Trump 40%
Jorgensen (L) 1%
Hawkins (G) 1%

When @kanyewest included in the poll:
Biden 48% (+9)
Trump 39%
West 2%
Jorgensen (L) 2%
Hawkins (G) 1%
@RedfieldWilton (July 9) reageer retweet

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atrupar twitterde op maandag 13-07-2020 om 21:03:33 "Biden & Obama stopped their testing ... I'm sure you don't want to report it" - Trump absurdly tries to blame Obama for problems w / testing for Covid-19, which didn't exist until nearly 3 years after he left office. He then falsely suggests the 1918 flu pandemic started in 1917. https://t.co/uXu4NT3sxt reageer retweet

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Op maandag 13 juli 2020 18:12 schreef Peligrosso het volgende:

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Bij sommige users zie je de plaatjes wel en bij anderen is het hetzelfde als bij jou.
Ik dacht dat het misschien aan de manier lag waarop je je plaatjes post.

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tomlobianco twitterde op maandag 13-07-2020 om 22:36:00 NEW: Trump is planting his own direct lines into battleground states in end-run around Kushner as the president takes the reins of his embattled campaign https://t.co/sqhAiDPFad reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2020 00:03 schreef AnneX het volgende:
De man is weer lekker onbegrijpelijk aan het raaskallen.

En raad eens:

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tomlobianco twitterde op maandag 13-07-2020 om 22:36:00 NEW: Trump is planting his own direct lines into battleground states in end-run around Kushner as the president takes the reins of his embattled campaign https://t.co/sqhAiDPFad reageer retweet

Comments in tweet zijn weer great.

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peterbakernyt twitterde op dinsdag 14-07-2020 om 01:01:35

The coronavirus pandemic stripped an estimated 5.4 million Americans of their health insurance between February and May, a stretch in which more adults became uninsured because of job losses than have ever lost coverage in a single year. ⁦@SherylNYT⁩ https://t.co/eW5P82Yi0b reageer retweet

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The coronavirus pandemic stripped an estimated 5.4 million Americans of their health insurance between February and May, a stretch in which more adults became uninsured because of job losses than have ever lost coverage in a single year, according to a new analysis.

As Sheryl Gay Stolberg reports, the study, to be released Tuesday by the nonpartisan consumer advocacy group Families U.S.A., found that the estimated increase in uninsured laid-off workers over the three-month period was nearly 40 percent higher than the highest previous increase, which occurred during the recession of 2008 and 2009. In that period, 3.9 million adults lost insurance.

“We knew these numbers would be big,’’ said Stan Dorn, who directs the group’s National Center for Coverage Innovation and was the author of the study. “This is the worst economic downturn since World War II. It dwarfs the Great Recession. So it’s not surprising that we would also see the worst increase in the uninsured.”

The findings are certain to fuel the debate in Congress over the next round of virus relief.

The study is a state-by-state examination of the effects of the pandemic on laid-off adults younger than 65, the age at which Americans become eligible for Medicare. It found that nearly half — 46 percent — of the coverage losses from the pandemic came in five states: California, Texas, Florida, New York, and North Carolina.

In Texas alone, the number of uninsured jumped from about 4.2 million to nearly 4.9 million, the research found, leaving three out of every 10 Texans uninsured.

In the 37 states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, 23 percent of laid off workers became uninsured. The percentage was nearly double that — 43 percent — in the 13 states that did not expand Medicaid, which include Texas, Florida and North Carolina.

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2020 01:17 schreef Tijger_m het volgende:

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Dus er is nu een officieele campagne geleid door Jared "incompetent" Kushner en een campagne van Trump zelf?

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atrupar twitterde op dinsdag 14-07-2020 om 00:11:27 Actually, people would be sick — the cases would exist — they would just be misdiagnosed. This is pretty basic stuff. https://t.co/wZlsBIfMu5 reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2020 00:03 schreef AnneX het volgende:
De man is weer lekker onbegrijpelijk aan het raaskallen.

En raad eens:

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tomlobianco twitterde op maandag 13-07-2020 om 22:36:00 NEW: Trump is planting his own direct lines into battleground states in end-run around Kushner as the president takes the reins of his embattled campaign https://t.co/sqhAiDPFad reageer retweet

Comments in tweet zijn weer great.

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Recordaantal Amerikanen onverzekerd vanwege coronacrisis
Een recordaantal Amerikanen heeft geen zorgverzekering meer omdat ze hun baan kwijtraakten door de coronacrisis. Dat meldt New York Times op basis van een onderzoek van de belangenvereniging Families USA.

De geschatte toename van onverzekerde werknemers was met bijna 40 procent in drie maanden de hoogste ooit. 5,4 miljoen Amerikanen kunnen nu geen beroep meer doen op een verzekering als ze ziek worden. Alleen al in Texas steeg het aantal onverzekerden van ongeveer 4,2 miljoen naar bijna 4,9 miljoen, zo bleek uit het onderzoek, waardoor drie op de tien Texanen onverzekerd is.

"Dit is de ergste economische neergang sinds de Tweede Wereldoorlog", zegt een van de onderzoekers. "Het overschaduwt zelfs de 'grote recessie' (tussen 2007 en 2009, red.). Het is dus niet verwonderlijk dat we ook de ergste toename van onverzekerden zouden zien."

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2020 09:55 schreef budha het volgende:

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Als Trump zelf zijn campagne gaat leiden, wie gaat dan de desastreuze polls voor hem verborgen houden?

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2020 10:11 schreef Basp1 het volgende:

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Minder testen net zoals met corona en hem wat verzonnen cijfertjes geven om hem niet te laten exploderen.

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2020 09:55 schreef budha het volgende:

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Als Trump zelf zijn campagne gaat leiden, wie gaat dan de desastreuze polls voor hem verborgen houden?

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 14-07-2020 om 06:18:27 LAW & ORDER! reageer retweet

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rezaaslan twitterde op dinsdag 14-07-2020 om 02:36:28 As long as I live I will never understand why the press lets him just say this shit. This doesn’t happen elsewhere. There’s not a journalist in all of Europe that would sit there quietly while the person they asked a question to started spouting shit like this. https://t.co/m8Ggdb7xzR reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2020 10:28 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:
Als je maar heel erg vaak

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 14-07-2020 om 06:18:27 LAW & ORDER! reageer retweet

roept, dan komen de stemmers vanzelf.

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2020 10:11 schreef Basp1 het volgende:

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Minder testen net zoals met corona en hem wat verzonnen cijfertjes geven om hem niet te laten exploderen.

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2020 10:55 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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geniaal plan, als je je niet weegt, word je ook niet zwaarder en kun je elke dag hamberders eten.

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2020 10:45 schreef Tijger_m het volgende:

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Law & Order voor jullie, niet voor mij. Toch?

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All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2020 11:12 schreef Basp1 het volgende:

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Goerge orwell 1984 in uitvoering.
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Oja, die borstklopperij van het Nederlandse journaille omdat ze een Amerikaan tegenover zich hebben. Laat ze eerst naar zichzelf kijken en bezien hoe ze, om een recent voorbeeld te nemen, klakkeloos alle onzin van de terrorboeren van FDF laten passeren (vorige week nog die kenau in Op1 die zonder gedegen argumentatie of bevraging mocht leeglopen over Schouten).

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2020 12:01 schreef Frozen-assassin het volgende:
@:Szura mee eens hoor. Is ook elders in een SC gezegd dat het vrij treurig is hoe talkshows gewoon een debiel aan tafel vragen die allerlei dingen mag beweren zodat er lekker gepolariseerd kan worden. Ruimte voor nuance is er nooit. Het moet lekker eenzijdig en overkomen alsof het waar is

En tegenspreken is sowieso uit den boze. Hee Ab en Mauries!

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op zondag 12-07-2020 om 13:32:55 I disagreed with doing this very small (tiny) section of wall, in a tricky area, by a private group which raised money by ads. It was only done to make me look bad, and perhsps it now doesn’t even work. Should have been built like rest of Wall, 500 plus miles. https://t.co/L8RUPCAhqc reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2020 14:34 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op zondag 12-07-2020 om 13:32:55 I disagreed with doing this very small (tiny) section of wall, in a tricky area, by a private group which raised money by ads. It was only done to make me look bad, and perhsps it now doesn’t even work. Should have been built like rest of Wall, 500 plus miles. https://t.co/L8RUPCAhqc reageer retweet

Dit blijft ook zo'n prachtig domme tweet. Dus, je hebt wat fans die kosten nog moeite hebben bespaard om je helpen je droom van een muur waar te maken, maar wat doe je dan, je zegt dat ze het enkel hebben gedaan om je slecht te laten afsteken.

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2020 11:06 schreef PippenScottie het volgende:

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Mijn vrouw en ik zijn na het tweede kind gestopt met zwangerschapstesten.

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2020 12:01 schreef Frozen-assassin het volgende:
@:Szura mee eens hoor. Is ook elders in een SC gezegd dat het vrij treurig is hoe talkshows gewoon een debiel aan tafel vragen die allerlei dingen mag beweren zodat er lekker gepolariseerd kan worden. Ruimte voor nuance is er nooit. Het moet lekker eenzijdig en overkomen alsof het waar is

En tegenspreken is sowieso uit den boze. Hee Ab en Mauries!

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2020 13:59 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Biden gaat voor een tsunami.

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edokeefe twitterde op dinsdag 14-07-2020 om 13:39:21 NEW THIS AM: @:JoeBiden is now on the air in Texas, with a message focused on the spread of #Coronavirus in the Lone Star State. First general election ad in the state, part of expanded buy also in AZ, FL and NC. https://t.co/YeHURRR5XR reageer retweet

Hij heeft gelijk. Het dwingt Trump daar in de verdediging te gaan terwijl Biden de staten niet persé nodig heeft.

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2020 16:52 schreef Detoeschouwer het volgende:
Hebben ze in VS ook azc's overal in de buurt?

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2020 16:51 schreef vipergts het volgende:

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Nuance trekt geen kijkers of in ieder geval minder dan wat ze nu doen.

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2020 17:10 schreef Frozen-assassin het volgende:

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Dat weet ik.

Maar ja. Dan zijn de kijkcijfers belangrijker dan mensen juist informeren.

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katieglueck twitterde op dinsdag 14-07-2020 om 18:12:05 NEW: in an interview, @JayInslee blesses new Biden climate plan:
“This is not a status quo plan,” said Inslee, who's spoken with Biden. “This is not some sort of, ‘Let me just throw a bone to those who care about climate change.’” with @LFFriedman
https://t.co/48VII8zIv5 reageer retweet

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Biden to Release $2 Trillion Climate Plan

Mr. Biden's plan links tackling climate change with economic recovery from the coronavirus and addressing racism, drawing praise from onetime critics.

Joseph R. Biden Jr. will announce on Tuesday a new plan to spend $2 trillion over four years to significantly escalate the use of clean energy in the transportation, electricity and building sectors, part of a suite of sweeping proposals designed to create economic opportunities and build infrastructure while also tackling climate change.

In a speech in Wilmington, Del., Mr. Biden intends to build on his plans, released last week, for reviving the economy in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, with a new focus on enhancing the nation’s infrastructure and emphasizing the importance of putting the United States on a path to significantly cut fossil fuel emissions.

The proposal is the second plank in Mr. Biden’s economic recovery plan. His team sees an opportunity to take direct aim at President Trump, who has struggled to deliver on his pledges to finance major improvements to American infrastructure. Republicans are sure to criticize the proposal as an attack on jobs in the energy sector — but the plan will also test whether Mr. Biden has found a way to win over environmental activists and other progressives who have long been skeptical about the scope of his ambitions on climate.

His plan outlines specific and aggressive targets, including achieving an emissions-free power sector by 2035 and upgrading four million buildings over four years to meet the highest standards for energy efficiency. The plan also calls for establishing an office of environmental and climate justice at the Department of Justice and developing a broad set of tools to address how “environmental policy decisions of the past have failed communities of color.”

In an interview, Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington, a prominent environmentalist who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination on a platform of combating climate change and later endorsed Mr. Biden, called the proposal a “triple-A-rated clean energy plan,” saying that Mr. Biden has “vigorously seized this moment.”

“This is not a status quo plan,” said Mr. Inslee, who has spoken with Mr. Biden about climate. He added, “It is comprehensive. This is not some sort of, ‘Let me just throw a bone to those who care about climate change.’” He called the proposal “visionary.”

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President Trump on Monday again sought to redirect blame for his coronavirus response to the Obama administration.

Trump, who has repeatedly claimed that increased testing has led to a spike in U.S. COVID-19 cases, was asked by a reporter at the White House whether he was concerned about a resurgence of the virus that has killed more than 135,000 Americans and infected more than 3.3 million.

“We have one of the lowest mortality rates anywhere,” the president said before pivoting to an attack on Barack Obama and Joe Biden, the presumptive 2020 Democratic nominee.

“Biden and Obama stopped their testing,” Trump said. “They just stopped it. You probably know that. I’m sure you don’t want to report it. But they stopped testing. Right in the middle, they just went, ‘No more testing.’

https://news.yahoo.com/tr(...)check-204552449.html

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2020 19:04 schreef Tijger_m het volgende:
Als je dit hoort of leest dan vrij ik mij toch echt af wie er nu eigenlijk seniel is:
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neal_katyal twitterde op dinsdag 14-07-2020 om 18:48:46 Here’s why I think Roger Stone can and should be tried again, despite Trump’s commutation, written with the fabulous ⁦@jgeltzer⁩ https://t.co/dexwD9WHa5 reageer retweet

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A future Justice Department would be well within its rights to open a new investigation into Stone’s activities. Such an investigation wouldn’t be hard: The very facts the jury found sufficient to convict Stone suggest that he may be guilty of other criminal offenses. For example, Stone was charged with (and convicted of) making false statements under the general false-statements law. That law criminalizes false statements when made in the context of any “matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch.” But another law specifically criminalizes “cover[ing] up … any record” to impede a federal investigation. It appears Stone did just that, as his indictment alleges that he lied about no longer having emails and text messages that he did still possess. That could be the basis for a new charge—and it certainly provides a basis for a reopened investigation. Stone’s claims might also violate the federal perjury statute, which punishes making a false statement under oath.

Likewise, Stone was charged with (and convicted of) obstruction of Congress under a federal law. That behavior likely runs afoul of other federal laws, such as the omnibus obstruction-of-justice provision.

There’s more. Mueller brought charges against Russian intelligence officials for their hacking of the Democratic National Committee and for conspiring with WikiLeaks to release the hacked emails. Recent litigation has revealed some previously redacted sections of Mueller’s final report. Those passages that the former Trump-campaign chair Paul Manafort told Mueller that Stone knew of the WikiLeaks releases before they happened and, strikingly, that Stone told Trump about those releases before they happened. Put that together, and Stone could be charged with aiding and abetting the hack-and-dump that was the cornerstone of Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. Again, the point isn’t that Stone necessarily could be charged—it’s that there’s enough evidence to reopen an investigation into him, and that he’s far from being in the clear.