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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1026735)	8/4/2017 1:23:31 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 1578655

Anthony Scaramucci kisses POTUS good bye on the President Show. thedailybeast.com

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1026735)	8/4/2017 2:02:37 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Recommended By Mick Mørmøny Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578655

Brumar, you know that Trump will never change. People like that have to hit rock bottom before they come to their senses, and that's not going to happen. Even if Trump gets impeached, it'll likely be due to partisanship, and that's the kind of impeachment that won't do anything to bring down his ego. The only thing that will bring down Trump is something similar to what happened to Geun-hye Rodman Park, the former president of Korea. Corruption is normal in Korean politics, yet the scandals that she was involved in were so embarrassing and so incredibly stupid, not even her staunchest supporters wanted to be associated with her anymore. That scenario, if it happened to Trump, would be a liberal's wet dream and a Trump supporter's nightmare, but I really doubt that's going to happen. Tenchusatsu

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1026735)	8/4/2017 8:19:29 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578655

you are evil jesus hates you how does that taste

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1026735)

8/17/2017 3:07:22 PM

From: Brumar89

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Why does it matter that a Ukrainian hacker is cooperating with Mueller's investigation?

Renato Mariotti added,

The HillVerified account @thehill
Ukraine hacker cooperating with FBI in Russia probe: report hill.cm

Renato Mariotti? @renato_mariotti
2/ Although the media has focused on "collusion," that term has no legal meaning, as I discussed in @politico:

3/ The way that "colluding" with Russians is illegal is if you conspire with them. "Conspiracy" is a fancy legal term that means

4/ you agreed to break the law. You can also commit a crime by "aiding and abetting" someone else's crime. That's when you know about

5/ criminal activity and help it succeed in some way. It is also a crime to actively conceal a crime. The common thread among all of these

6/ things is that you have to prove that there was an underlying agreement to commit a crime or that the person knew about a crime.

7/ That brings us back to the Ukrainian hacker. One crime that nearly everyone can agree happened is that servers in the United States were

8/ hacked and emails were stolen from the DNC. That is a federal crime that is frequently charged--I worked on those cases myself.

9/ For Mueller to charge an American with a crime for working with Russia, he has to prove the crime. Hacking is an obvious crime for him

10/ to try to prove up. Even if all of us have read stories about Russian hacking, Mueller needs to prove that the crime occurred in order

11/ to charge an American with aiding and abetting that crime or with conspiring to commit that crime. Mueller could use this hacker's

12/ testimony to prove that the crime occurred, who was responsible for it, and how it happened. It's important to note that an American

13/ could be charged with being a member of a conspiracy regarding the DNC backs even if the American did not know everyone

14/ in the conspiracy or everything that happened in the conspiracy. Once you agree to break the law, you're "all in" and responsible for

15/ foreseeable acts of co-conspirators. So an American who aided hackers or helped distribute or use stolen material could be charged

[ Roger Stone for sure. ]

16/ without proof that they worked directly with hackers. But Mueller would need to prove that they knew that a crime had been committed and

17/ either agreed to join the conspiracy or to aid the criminals.

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A hacker in Ukraine who goes by the online alias “Profexer” is cooperating with the FBI in its investigation of Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election, The New York Times is reporting.

Profexer, whose real identity is unknown, wrote and sold malware on the dark web. The intelligence community publicly identified code he had written as a tool used in the hacking of the Democratic National Committee ahead of last year’s presidential election.

The hacker’s activity on the web came to a halt shortly after the malware was identified.

The Times, citing Ukrainian police, reported Wednesday that the individual turned himself into the FBI earlier this year and became a witness for the bureau in its investigation. FBI investigators are probing Russian interference efforts and whether there was coordination between associates of President Trump’s campaign and Moscow. Special counsel Robert Mueller is heading the investigation.

Ukrainian police did not provide details on the individual in question, including his name, but said he is living in Ukraine and has not been arrested. There is no evidence the individual worked for Russian intelligence.

However, in a Joint Analysis Report produced by the Department of Homeland Security and FBI and released publicly on Dec. 29, 2016, the government identified a sample of malware, called the PAS web shell, used by Russian civilian and military intelligence in the election-related hacks.

The particular malware was written by Profexer and made available for download on the dark web. He sold customized versions of the hacking tool to clients.

thehill.com