Timothy Birdnow

Conservative HQ fleshes out some of the more interesting things in the Putin Summit. From the article:

"One of the crazier moments of the news conference was when Putin schooled the media on the legal framework by which Robert Mueller could move forward with his charges against the 12 Russians named in the recently announced indictment:

'We have enacting (sic) an existing agreement between the United States of America and the Russian Federation, an existing treaty that dates back to 1999. The Mutual Assistance on Criminal Cases. This treaty is in full effect. It works quite efficiently…

So, this treaty has specific legal procedures we can offer the appropriate commission headed by Special Attorney Mueller. He can use this treaty as a solid foundation and send a formal — an official request to us so that we would interrogate — we want to hold a questioning of these individuals who he believes are privy to some crimes. And our law enforcement are perfectly able to do this questioning and send the appropriate materials to the United States.

Moreover, we can meet you halfway. We can make another step. We can actually permit official representatives of the United States, including the members of this very commission headed by Mr. Mueller — we can let them into the country and they will be present at this questioning.

But in this case, there is a — there’s another condition. This kind of effort should be a mutual one. Then we would expect that the Americans would reciprocate, and that they would question officials, including the officers of law enforcement and intelligence service of the United States, whom we believe are — who have something to do with illegal actions on the territory of Russia, and we have to — to request the presence of our law enforcement.'

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Putin’s comments showed just how crazy the caterwauling about Trump’s refusal to make Robert Mueller’s indictment of 12 Russian military officers the focus of the Summit really is.

Mueller could invoke the Mutual Assistance on Criminal Cases treaty, but it is highly unusual to indict in absentia the uniformed officers of a rival country for carrying out their duties, especially if those duties are of an intelligence nature.

Robert Mueller knows that, and the self-appointed foreign policy experts on TV should know it, but in their rush to pillory Donald Trump they are perfectly willing to spread the crazy idea that Trump was somehow being weak by following years of international practice."

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So Mueller had a perfectly legal way to go about this. Why didn't he? I think we know the answer.

Angelo Codevilla had this to say about Trump's performance:

"The high professional quality of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin's performance at their Monday press conference in Helsinki contrasts sharply with the obloquy by which the bipartisan U.S. ruling class showcases its willful incompetence.

Though I voted for Trump, I've never been a fan of his and I am not one now. But, having taught diplomacy for many years, I would choose the Trump-Putin press conference as an exemplar of how these things should be done. Both spoke with the frankness and specificity of serious business. This performance rates an A+."

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What has Trump done? He threatened to build a national space force, squeezing the Russians. He gave anti-ballistic missile technology to Poland. He promoted sanctions for Ukraine. He's squeezing the Russians by developing U.S. gas and oil. He chastised Germany for making the deal with Russia for a gas pipeline. He's threatening to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal. So, where's the collusion? Where did Trump turn traitor here?

If Mueller can't find any evidence maybe he should ask the Russians!

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