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A JUDGE LEFT ROBERT MUELLER STUNNED INTO SILENCE WITH THIS HEAD TURNING DECISION

SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER THOUGHT HE HAD THE CASE TO IMPEACH TRUMP GIFT-WRAPPED.

ALL THAT MUELLER AND HIS GANG OF DEMOCRAT PROSECUTORS NEEDED WAS A JUDGE TO ISSUE A

RULING THAT WAS CONSIDERED A MERE FORMALITY.

BUT THEN THE JUDGE STUNNED MUELLER INTO SILENCE WITH THIS HEAD-TURNING DECISION.

MUELLER AND HIS PARTISAN ATTACK DOGS ARGUED THAT FORMER TRUMP CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN PAUL MANAFORT

REPEATEDLY LIED TO PROSECUTORS ABOUT VARIOUS SUBJECTS, INCLUDING HIS MEETINGS WITH RUSSIAN

BUSINESS ASSOCIATE KONSTANIN KILIMNIK DURING THE 2016 CAMPAIGN.

HILLARY CLINTON CHEERLEADER ANDREW WEISSMANN TOLD JUDGE AMY BERMAN JACKSON THAT MANAFORT

AND KILIMNIK'S AUGUST 2, 2016 MEETING "WENT TO THE HEART" OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S

INVESTIGATION.

MUELLER'S TEAM ARGUED THAT SINCE MANAFORT REPEATEDLY LIED TO THEM, THEY WERE NO LONGER

BOUND BY THE PLEA AGREEMENT THE TWO SIDES ENTERED INTO THAT WOULD RESULT IN SENTENCING

LENIENCY FOR MANAFORT.

THE JUDGE RULED IN MUELLER'S FAVOR ON A FEW OF THE ISSUES HE RAISED.

JUDGE BERMAN JACKSON HELD THAT MANAFORT DID LIE ABOUT ANOTHER ONGOING INVESTIGATION, A

PAYMENT THAT WAS FUNNELED THROUGH A PRO-TRUMP POLITICAL GROUP TO COVER HIS LEGAL BILLS,

AND HIS CONTACTS WITH KILIMNIK.

HOWEVER, MUELLER DID NOT SCORE AN OVERWHELMING VICTORY.

THE JUDGE RULED AGAINST THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE ON THE TWO MOST CRUCIAL POINTS.

FIRST, MUELLER FAILED TO PROVE THAT, "ON OCTOBER 16, 2018, THE DEFENDANT INTENTIONALLY

MADE FALSE STATEMENTS CONCERNING KILIMNIK'S ROLE IN THE OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE CONSPIRACY."

JUDGE BERMAN JACKSON ALSO RULED THAT, "OSC HAS FAILED TO ESTABLISH BY A PREPONDERANCE

OF THE EVIDENCE THAT ON OCTOBER 16, 2018, DEFENDANT INTENTIONALLY MADE A FALSE STATEMENT

CONCERNING HIS CONTACTS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION."

THESE WERE THE TWO BIGGEST THREADS IN THE MUELLER PROBE.

MUELLER AND HIS DEMOCRAT PROSECUTORS WANTED TO TRY AND FRAME THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN FOR COLLUSION

BY SAYING THAT KILIMNIK AND MANAFORT REPEATEDLY DISCUSSED A PEACE PLAN FOR THE CONFLICT IN

UKRAINE THAT WOULD SETTLE THE DISPUTE ON RUSSIA'S TERMS.

THE FAIRYTALE MUELLER WANTS EVERYONE TO BELIEVE IS THAT IN EXCHANGE FOR LIFTING SANCTIONS

AND CARRYING OUT POLICIES FAVORABLE TO RUSSIA, RUSSIA AGREED TO ASSIST THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN'S

EFFORTS TO DEFEAT HILLARY CLINTON.

ONCE THE ELECTION WAS OVER, MUELLER TRIED TO CLAIM MANAFORT LIED WHEN HE SAID HE NEVER

SPOKE TO ANY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS IN THE GOVERNMENT OR ASKED ANYONE TO PASS

A MESSAGE ALONG TO THEM.

MANAFORT'S LAWYERS ARGUED, "DURING AN OCTOBER 16, 2018 INTERVIEW, MR.

MANAFORT TRUTHFULLY STATED THAT HE DID NOT COMMUNICATE WITH ANYONE IN THE ADMINISTRATION

AT THE TIME THEY WERE IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND HE NEVER ASKED ANYONE TO TRY TO COMMUNICATE

A MESSAGE TO ANYONE IN THE ADMINISTRATION.15 A CAREFUL REVIEW OF THE BASIS FOR THE OSC'S

CLAIMS THAT THIS WAS A FALSE STATEMENT REVEALS THAT PROFFERED EVIDENCE FAILS TO ESTABLISH

ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT CONTACT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION BY MR.

MANAFORT.

INDEED, MR.

MANAFORT TOLD THE TRUTH."

THE JUDGE RULED THAT MANAFORT TOLD THE TRUTH IN THIS FRONT.

THAT UNDERCUT A KEY PART OF MUELLER'S CASE.

MANAFORT WAS NOT THE CONDUIT FOR SOME COLLUSION SCHEME WITH THE RUSSIANS BECAUSE HE NEVER

CARRIED OUT HIS END OF THE "QUID PRO QUO."

MUELLER WON THE BATTLE IN THIS CASE SINCE HE NO LONGER HAS TO ABIDE BY HIS AGREEMENT

TO PUSH FOR A LIGHTER SENTENCE FOR MANAFORT.

BUT JUDGE BERMAN JACKSON RULING AGAINST MUELLER ON TWO OF THE BIGGEST CLAIMS HE MADE SHOWED

TWO THINGS.

FIRST, THAT MUELLER IS A ROGUE AND ABUSIVE PROSECUTOR.

HIS OFFICE ONLY HAD TO MEET THE MUCH LOWER "PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE STANDARDS"

BUT FAILED TO DO SO.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, MUELLER FAILED TO PROVE THAT MANAFORT LIED WHEN HE DENIED ONE OF THE

CENTRAL TENANTS OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S CASE.

WE WILL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS ONGOING STORY.

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A Democratic Presidential Hopeful Just Ended His Campaign With One Botched Question - Duration: 10:22.

A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL JUST ENDED

HIS CAMPAIGN WITH ONE BOTCHED QUESTION

THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL FIELD IS RAPIDLY TURNING INTO AN OVERCROWDED CLOWN CAR.

AND WITH DOZENS OF DEMOCRATS SCRAMBLING TO GET A CHANCE TO RUN AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP

NEXT YEAR, MANY ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES.

ONE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL JUST ENDED HIS CAMPAIGN WITH THIS BOTCHED QUESTION.

THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR PRESIDENT IN 2020 IS ALREADY SHAPING UP TO BE AMONG THE LARGEST

AND MOST HOTLY CONTESTED RACES IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

DOZENS OF DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS ARE PLANNING TO OR ALREADY HAVE THROWN THEIR

HAT IN THE RING.

AND EVEN MORE ARE STILL DEBATING GETTING INTO THE RACE.

AMONG THE LATEST CANDIDATES TO ANNOUNCE WAS MINNESOTA SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR.

KLOBUCHAR IS HOPING TO USE HER POSITION AS A MIDWESTERN SENATOR TO BOX OUT ANY OTHER

POTENTIAL RIVALS WHO HAIL FROM THE SAME REGION OR HOLD A SIMILAR OFFICE.

AND SHE MAY HAVE DONE JUST THAT.

THE DAILY CALLER REPORTS, "WASHINGTON, D.C. — DEMOCRATIC OHIO SEN.

SHERROD BROWN WAS UNABLE TO EXPLAIN ON TUESDAY WHAT WOULD DIFFERENTIATE HIS POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL

CANDIDACY FROM FELLOW DEMOCRATIC MINNESOTA SEN.

AMY KLOBUCHAR, WHO RECENTLY LAUNCHED A BID FOR THE PRESIDENCY."

SENATOR SHERROD BROWN OF OHIO IS AMONG THOSE PLANNING TO JUMP INTO THE RACE FOR THE WHITE

HOUSE.

BUT KLOBUCHAR MAY HAVE JUST BLOCKED HIS LANE.

BOTH SENATORS HAVE SIMILAR VOTING RECORDS, BOTH REPRESENT SIMILAR MIDWESTERN STATES,

AND BOTH HAVE THE SAME SORT OF BASES OF SUPPORT.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT KLOBUCHAR GOT INTO THE RACE FIRST.

WHEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE SOME CONTRAST BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS FELLOW MIDWESTERN

DEMOCRAT, BROWN COMPLETELY FUMBLED THE ANSWER.

"WELL, I DON'T KNOW," SAID BROWN, WHEN ASKED WHAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

HIS CAMPAIGN AND KLOBUCHAR'S IF THEY BOTH RAN FOR PRESIDENT.

"BROWN, WHO LIKE KLOBUCHAR, HAILS FROM THE MIDWEST, WAS CONFRONTED WITH THE SIMILARITIES

BETWEEN THE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT THEY BOTH APPEAL TO SUCH AS BLUE COLLARED WORKERS, WHITE COLLARED

WORKERS AND ANTI-TRUMP REPUBLICANS," ADDS THE DAILY CALLER.

BROWN SIMPLY COULD NOT POINT TO ANYTHING THAT MAKES HIMSELF A BETTER CANDIDATE THAN HIS

RIVALS THOUGH.

EVEN HIS ATTEMPT TO DODGE THE QUESTION AFTER MISHANDLING IT WAS A FAILURE.

"I WILL CALCULATE ALL THAT BUT I UM, I LIKE AMY.

I THINK AMY BRINGS SOMETHING, EVERYBODY BRINGS SOMETHING TO THE TABLE.

THAT'S NOT IN ANY WAY TO DIMINISH HER," BROWN SAID.

"UM, SHE BRINGS SOMETHING TO THE TABLE, A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM, A LITTLE DIFFERENT

AND DIFFERENTLY, FROM THE OTHERS."

THE PROBLEM FOR BROWN IS THAT HE COULDN'T EVEN POINT TO HIS MOST OBVIOUS ADVANTAGE AGAINST

FELLOW RIVALS LIKE KLOBUCHAR AND CALIFORNIA SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS.

KLOBUCHAR AND HARRIS HAIL FROM TRADITIONALLY DEMOCRATIC-LEANING AND SOLID-DEMOCRATIC STATES

RESPECTIVELY.

KLOBUCHAR WAS RE-ELECTED WITH AN OVER 60% MARGIN IN 2018, WHILE HARRIS DIDN'T EVEN

HAVE A REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER IN CALIFORNIA BECAUSE OF HOW LIBERAL THE STATE HAS BECOME.

NEITHER HAS HAD TO RUN THE SAME NUMBER OF DIFFICULT RACES THAT BROWN HAS, WHO WAS THE

ONLY DEMOCRAT TO WIN RE-ELECTION IN 2018 AFTER REPUBLICANS SWEPT MOST OF OHIO'S ELECTIONS

UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT.

THE FACT THAT BROWN COULD NOT EVEN POINT TO HIS OWN ELECTORAL SUCCESSES AS AN ARGUMENT

FOR WHY HE SHOULD WIN THE NOMINATION SUGGESTS THAT IF HE DOES RUN FOR PRESIDENT, HE'S

STARTING HIS CAMPAIGN OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT.

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