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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGiven McConnell's acknowledgement of Trump criminality
you would think he'd be strong supporter of a special prosecutor to investigate the entire matter?
TwilightZone
(25,454 posts)He all but begged someone to pursue prosecution. I think he'll support any efforts to do so, probably quite openly.
KPN
(15,641 posts)cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)he just didn't want it to be because of him.
drray23
(7,627 posts)if Trump is investigated and charged by the DOJ you can bet he will say the democrats are setting a precedent using the justice department to punish political opponents.
riversedge
(70,182 posts)Irish_Dem
(46,795 posts)to his donors and caucus.
Everything Turtle does is about money and power.
True Dough
(17,296 posts)does a far better job than Robert Mueller.
Pantagruel
(2,580 posts)I believe was repressed by Barr. Might want to bring him back to complete the job.
" In July 2019, Mueller testified to Congress that a president could be charged with crimes including obstruction of justice after they left office.[47] In 2020, a Republican-appointed federal judge decided to personally review if the report's redactions were legitimate. The judge said Barr's "misleading" statements about the report's findings led him to suspect that Barr had tried to establish a "one-sided narrative" favorable to Trump.[48][49]"
True Dough
(17,296 posts)But Mueller made some critical mistakes. The New Yorker has a good overview:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/06/why-the-mueller-investigation-failed
A few excerpts:
"But Mueller himself was responsible for much of the delay. In this critical moment, he showed weakness, and Trump pounced."
"Nothing in Muellers mandate required him to reach such a confusing and inconclusive final judgment on the most important issue before him. As a prosecutor, his job was to determine whether the evidence was sufficient to bring cases. The O.L.C.s opinion prohibited Mueller from bringing a case, but Mueller gave Trump an unnecessary gift: he did not even say whether the evidence supported a prosecution. Muellers compromising language had another ill effect. Because it was so difficult to parse, it opened the door for the report to be misrepresented by countless partisans acting in bad faith, including the Attorney General of the United States."
"Muellers investigation was no witch hunt; his report was, ultimately, a surrender."
Arazi
(6,829 posts)Pantagruel
(2,580 posts)Mitch says but his speech might have backed him into a corner if Schumer was to ask for a special prosecutor?