Rare Leak Gives the Public a Glimpse into Mueller’s Next Moves

Conservative commentator, Jerome Corsi, leaked draft court filings from the Mueller investigation. Corsi is in possession of these draft documents because of a plea deal prosecutors offered to him.

The GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency, stole DNC campaign emails and documents. The GRU shared their finds with WikiLeaks. Mueller is investigating whether President Trump’s contacts, namely Roger Stone, directly provided the GRU with campaign materials to influence the outcome of the presidential election.

Roger Stone obtained information from WikiLeaks with Corsi’s aid. Referencing the leaked documents, Stone could be charged with a crime publicly.

Emails were exchanged between Corsi and Stone. There is email evidence in the draft such as Stone emailing Corsi on July 25, 2016, and on July 31, 2016, when Stone emailed Corsi suggesting Ted Malloch- a UK-based author and Trump supporter- see Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks.

Back in July, twelve Russian military intelligence members were charged for hacking the DNC. Whether any Americans knew the hackers worked for the Russian government is not known. Stone and Corsi’s correspondence occurred after WikiLeaks proclaimed it had dirt on Hilary Clinton.

Had Corsi agreed to the plea, he would have pleaded guilty to one criminal charge. The charge is made up of two parts, lying to authorities and obstructing justice before grand jury or congressional proceedings.

When March 2017 rolled around and U.S. officials blamed Russia for hacking the DNC and informing WikiLeaks to interfere with election results, Corsi erased all of his emails dated before October 11, 2016.

In the draft document, it is written Corsi lied to authorities three times. He told the FBI and Mueller’s office that he did not comply with Stone’s request for him to talk to WikiLeaks, that Stone never asked him to recruit someone else in the WikiLeaks effort, and that he never shared information from WikiLeaks. Corsi and his lawyer, David Gray, assert bad memory is what led to Corsi providing false information to Mueller’s office, not intentional lies.

Unlike others charged by Mueller, Corsi is not pressured to cooperate at length with Mueller’s office. Rather, prosecutors and he agreed to have him truthfully talk to Mueller’s office and testify in front of a grand jury.

The latest on the Mueller investigation is as follows: four people are charged for lying to investigators, Trump’s campaign manager, George Papadopoulos, and the Dutch lawyer, Alex Van Der Zwaan, are serving time in prison, and Trump’s campaign deputy, Rick Gates, along with former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, pleaded guilty and carry on cooperating with Mueller’s team.

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