Republican floats measure to kill Mueller probe after 6 months

[Eugene]

Source: Politico

Republican floats measure to kill Mueller probe after 6 months

By AUSTIN WRIGHT 08/28/2017 05:45 PM EDT

Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) is pushing an amendment to severely curtail special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.

DeSantis has put forward a provision that would halt funding for Mueller’s probe six months after the amendment’s passage. It also would prohibit Mueller from investigating matters that occurred before June 2015, when Trump launched his presidential campaign.

The amendment is one of hundreds filed to a government spending package the House is expected to consider when it returns next week from the August recess. The provision is not guaranteed a vote on the House floor; the House Rules Committee has wide leeway to discard amendments it considers out of order.

DeSantis’ office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/28/mueller-investigation-republicans-russia-242108

[C_U_L8R]

1. Is that not obstruction of justice?

Even just a threat of this sort of bullshit seems complicit. WTF.

[shenmue]

8. Yep

[uponit7771]

10. +1

[Nevernose]

15. My knee jerk response is "no"

Separation of powers, legislature's ability to control the purse, etc.

I wonder if, were DeSantos implicated in the investigation or thought he might be, it would then become obstruction of justice?

[dhol82]

2. He must have cheeto dust all over his mouth.

[icymist]

14. They all do

[dhol82]

16. Good one!

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. We will take up a collection.

[ATL Ebony]

13. True dat. Just read a few posts on Twitter:

@Grey_Obelisk posts:
If @RepDeSantis defunds you, set up a GoFundMe account for your probe. You'll get all the money you need, and then some.

I think there would be a world wide response on that 🌎

Trump will reimburse us thru hundreds of millions in fines.

He [DeSantis] needs to research "dead man switch" b4 he does something stupid. Partners don't leave million $ law partnerships for nothing.

As usual, twitter doesn't fail to rise to the occasion.

[LovingA2andMI]

4. This Is Going Nowhere....

Next....

[Ilsa]

5. He must not have much confidence that they

Can get anything done over the next six months.

[BigmanPigman]

6. Mueller should check out that guy's tax and business records too.

[gratuitous]

7. That's weird

Isn't Rep. DeSantis interested in totally exonerating President Trump? After all, since we all know this is a hoax and fake news - the President said so many times - doesn't DeSantis want to see Trump given a clean report from the special counsel? What if there are still lingering questions in six months? Is DeSantis anxious to see those clouds continue to gather and trouble Trump's agenda?

I'll bet in less than three days, DeSantis withdraws this little trial balloon and walks away trying to pretend this little proposal just wrote itself.

[Stuart G]

9. Quite stupid indeed.

..... ....doesn't matter, won't pass, and ...maybe six months from now, Trump may be gone..

[4139]

11. Mueller will be mostly done in October and his results by thanksgiving

That has been my bet since about two weeks after he was appointed.

[Turbineguy]

12. Two words:

Ken Starr.

He established the precedent.

Eat some shit fuckhead.