William Katz:  Urgent Agenda

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FIRST ARREST TOMORROW? – AT 12:46 P.M. ET:  Mr. Mueller will presumably drop his first bombshell tomorrow morning.  Let's see if it explodes, or fizzles.  From NBC: 

A federal grand jury in Washington has approved the first criminal charges in the special counsel’s investigation into Russian election interference, two sources told NBC News, marking a significant milestone in an inquiry that has roiled Donald Trump’s presidency.

Mueller's Special Counsel's Office will make public an indictment on Monday, a U.S. official with firsthand knowledge of the process confirmed to NBC News, without disclosing the name of the target or the nature of the charges. The timing was confirmed by a second source familiar with the matter.

CNN was the first to report on Friday that the grand jury approved charges, citing multiple sources. The network added that the charges remain sealed by order of a federal judge.

Peter Carr, a spokesperson for Mueller, declined to comment Friday night.

COMMENT:  I'm far from sanguine.  District of Columbia grand juries are notoriously liberal.  And Mueller has hired a number of lawyers who were financial contributors to the Clinton campaign.

Mueller is also a close friend of former FBI Director James Comey, whom Trump fired.

On the other hand, Mueller doesn't want to blunder, or be seen as a partisan hack.  He has his own reputation to worry about.

We'll see tomorrow.  We, on our side, have to keep our eye on the ball, and demand investigations of the Obama administration's strange ties with Russia.

October 29,  2017