NBC News, the friendliest MSM friend of the Resist crowd, was the chosen vehicle for leaking the news that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating the Podesta Group and its principal, Tony Podesta.  Although I am no lawyer, it is pretty clear that Mueller had no choice but to move against John Podesta's brother and is using the situation to his best advantage. Mueller's mission was to get something – anything! – on Paul Manafort.  The strategic goal was to trade cooperation in nailing Trump for something – anything! – for leniency on the charge they prove against Manafort. The "anything" Mueller came up with was registration under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).  I remember seeing a nonprofit caught up in violations and let off with no jail for taking funding from non-government agencies that the feds claimed were acting as cat's paws for a foreign government.  But it can be a...(Read Full Post)