THE GREATEST TRICK THE dEEP sTATE DEVILS EVER PLAYED...:

The House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday held a vote on whether to send transcripts of some 50-plus interviews it has conducted over the course of its parallel investigation into all things Russia-Trump campaign-2016 election. [...]

Among the recognizable names who have testified before the House Intelligence Committee: President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, Roger Stone, Boris Epshteyn, Michael Cohen, Trump's body guard Keith Schiller, Hope Hicks, and Steve Bannon.

Mueller's go-to statute has been 18 USC § 1001, which makes "any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation" a federal crime. Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, former Trump foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, former deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates, former national security adviser Michael Flynn, and Dutch lawyer Alex van der Zwaan have all pleaded guilty to making false statements. [...]

It's important the remember, however, what preceded the FBI raid on Stone's Florida home.

Recall that the Washington Post reported in December 2018 that Mueller asked the House Intelligence Committee for an "official transcript" of Roger Stone's testimony. Legal experts opined that this suggested Mueller was ready to bring a charge related to testimony, which in turn suggested that false statements may be the charge:

One justification offered in the report for a possible false statements charge was that "if prosecutors want to bring a charge of lying to investigators, they must obtain a certified 'clean' copy from the transcriber or clerk who took the statement to present as an exhibit to a grand jury."

Just over a month later, Stone was arrested and charged with obstruction of an official proceeding, five counts of making false statements, and one count of witness tampering.

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