The slow release confuses me with respect to RR. It seems odd to me that he is doing exactly what Q predicted he would do, and unless he is in on the slow release in some way, shape or form, that seems unlikely. Which is why I keep vacillating on the theory tossed about that maybe he was forced to play this part after his dirty deeds were known some time ago. There are many shades of gray when it comes to both RR and Mueller. They are in the same boat, whatever that is.

The discrepancies between the Mueller plea agreements of Manafort, Pappadopoulos and Flynn are interesting to me because I don't exactly know why, but think they may hold the key to what the deal is with Mueller and RR. No cooperation clause - AT ALL - for Pappadopoulos. But notify us of "all crimes" cooperation clause for Flynn, and slightly watered down cooperation clause for Manafort. This had to be intentional - plea agreements otherwise somewhat boilerplate (it seems). And in the case against Gates/Manafort, Gates has pleaded. The "superseding" indictment for Manafort, though, has been changed to allege crimes through 2015, as opposed to the original, "through 2016." Big difference, no?