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To: Sdgla who wrote (1082817)	8/12/2018 7:56:40 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577824

"Maybe u should take your head out of Muellers ass long enuf to let him know." He knows, comrade. "$22 Million of taxpayer money burned into ashes" vs $70M for Trump golf outings? Very cheap. The Watergate investigation took down President Nixon after 2 years (trials continued on for two more years) and cost $6.3 million ($32.3 million in today’s dollars if you adjust for inflation). Important to note, the “smoking gun” that caused Nixon to resign was the release of tapes revealing Nixon telling his staff to end the FBI’s investigation into Watergate…Also important to note, President Trump has done that multiple times in private and on Twitter…he is still President as of the time of this writing. The Iran-Contra investigation lasted for over 6 years and almost consumed President Reagan, as FiveThirtyEight pointed out. Some of his administration’s officials were indicted. It cost $47.4 million ($102 million in today’s dollars if you adjust for inflation). The Whitewater investigation consumed Bill Clinton’s presidency. 7 years and $70 million later ($82 million in today’s dollars if you adjust for inflation), Independent Counsel Ken Starr arrived upon Monica Lewinsky and the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit was used as a way to depose Clinton, leading to his perjury/obstruction of justice impeachment referral… Mueller’s investigation, however, has much higher stakes. Our democracy depends on it, frankly. This is no longer just a probe into Russian interference (espionage, coordinated propaganda, etc.) and the Trump campaign’s potential collusion – it’s a multi-faceted counterintelligence investigation. It also probes financial crimes on the part of Trump’s associates as well as international corruption involving Russia, UAE, Saudi Arabia, etc. The investigation had also yielded at least 35 people or companies indicted (25 of which are Russians who interfered in the 2016 election), and 5 guilty pleas (3 of which came from Trump’s associates). And it has only been a little over one year, costing around $20 million so far. And with previously undisclosed Russian contacts being revealed every week, it makes sense that this investigation continues. To put this even more in perspective, Donald Trump’s 100+ golf trips as president has cost almost $70 million so far. rantt.com