Trumpworld gossip on the mystery Mueller witness
by digby
I have no idea, of course. But Gabe Sherman at Vanity Fair says that Trumpworld has an idea:
“They have no idea what [the] report will say,” a Republican close to the White House said. That is why Rudy Giuliani has been floating the newest line of defense that paying off Stormy Daniels or getting a heads-up from Roger Stone about WikiLeaks wouldn’t be crimes. “They’re testing these messages,” the Republican said. Last night, Mueller was a topic of discussion among the prominent members of Trumpworld, including Don Jr., who gathered at the Trump International Hotel for a birthday party for R.N.C. co-chair candidate Tommy Hicks. “People are speculating that the secret witness in the D.C. court is Don Jr.,” one attendee said. (The White House and a lawyer for Don Jr. did not respond to a request for comment.)
I can certainly understand why they would be so secretive if it is. It would be a circus if it were public. But if it is him, it raises the question about why the prosecutor assigned to this case is an Arabic speaking specialist in counter-terrorism and transnational organized crime. I suppose it’s possible that could apply to Junior but it seems unlikely.
On the other hand, who knows? The Trump Organization is all over the world and they’ve been laundering money for years. Don Junior is the Executive Vice president who said they get all of their funding from Russia and has been up to his neck in deals in Dubai and elsewhere.
Update: The mystery witness is a foreign nation owned company:
🚨 – secret case was about a foreign sovereign owned company, not the president or VP https://t.co/8zEOO1AnPW— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) December 18, 2018
That doesn’t mean Junior isn’t involved, of course, but the issue is something unusual.
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