That Boente leak is remarkable.

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Web searches are coming up mostly useless, can you please summarize?

Web searches are coming up mostly useless, can you please summarize?

I have got to imagine that there is enough serious evidence that no matter what Trump pulls, this investigation continues on.

They are contemporary notes that exactly match Comey’s testimony, which were reportedly handed over to Mueller. But it’s not the memos. It’s more the fact that they leaked that is amazing.

Thanks McP. I wonder if we'll get more corroboration in the coming weeks as Comey's book rolls out.

This feels like a play of sorts.

Now let's take a step back. One remarkable thing about the 2016 election is the way Trump's business career was given such a superficial examination by the media as a whole. Again and again, some crazy story or unusual aspect of his financial life would be the topic of one or two investigative stories, but those stories wouldn't get pick up by other outlets.

Making this more problematic, Trump isn't someone who played close to the line a time or two, or once did a shady deal. He may well be the single most corrupt major business figure in the United States of America. He ran scams like Trump University to con struggling people out of their money. He lent his name to pyramid schemes. He bankrupted casinos and still somehow made millions while others were left holding the bag. He refused to pay vendors. He exploited foreign workers. He used illegal labor. He discriminated against African-American renters. He violated antitrust laws. He did business with the mob and with Eastern European kleptocrats. His properties became the go-to vehicle for Russian oligarchs and mobsters to launder their money.

So it was no accident that when he ran for president, the people who joined him in his quest were also a collection of grifters, liars, and crooks — people like Paul Manafort. Those were the kind of operators Trump has attracted all his life. Honest, upright people with a deep respect for the law don't go to work for Donald Trump.

So Paul Ryan is stepping down in November huh? Is everyone about to jump ship?

No. They have just accomplished so many amazing things they can't imagine being able to accomplish anything better so they are just moving aside.