Mueller defends authority, hearkens back to Garfield administration

[JonLP24]

Source: Politico

Special counsel Robert Mueller cited more than a century’s worth of presidential scandal on Friday as part of a sweeping legal defense of his own authorities.

The lead Russia prosecutor made the historical references — that attorney generals have needed special investigators dating back to the 1870s — in a legal brief to a federal appeals court considering the case of a reluctant witness tied to a longtime supporter of President Donald Trump who is seeking to have Mueller’s appointment thrown out on constitutional grounds.

“These instances—involving appointments by Attorneys General under Presidents Garfield, Theodore Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy, Nixon, Carter, George H.W. Bush, and Clinton—span nearly 140 years and include some of the most notorious scandals in the Nation’s history, including Watergate,” wrote Michael Dreeben, the deputy solicitor general on loan to the Mueller team.

At issue is the case of Andrew Miller, a former aide to Trump confidante Roger Stone who has so far failed in his bid to knock Mueller out of his post by challenging the legitimacy of several subpoenas seeking his documents and testimony in connection to the Russia probe.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/amp/story/2018/09/28/robert-mueller-defends-authority-853843

[iluvtennis]

1. Excellent - thanks for this post. This news has gotten lost in the midst of this whirlwind week.

[ffr]

2. Mueller the meat grinder just plodding along.

Keep up the good work.

[Hekate]

3. KnR

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

4. Miller is trying to run out the clock until Kavanaugh (or his clone) is on the SCOTUS.

Then bango-wango the entire Mueller investigation is declared unconstitutional under Kavanaugh's "the president can do no wrong" theory.

Two birds killed with one stone. No more Russia investigation, no possible future investigations.

Get Gamble reversed by the SCOTUS and Trump will have total control over both the Federal and State judicial systems via his pardon power.

How the hell did we get here?

Oh, that's right. Putin.

[LakeSuperiorView]

5. "attorney generals"?

The plural of attorney general is attorneys general.

[blaze]

6. That was a quote from the article

Perhaps you could direct your correction to the writer of the article and not the OP.

Edit to add: Welcome to DU!

[LakeSuperiorView]

7. Perhaps one could infer that I wasn't talking to the person who posted a quote.

And Thank you.

[whistler162]

8. British but forgot the hyphen?