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Showing Original Post only (View all)Robert Mueller Failed To Do His Duty [View all]
I am beginning to doubt my initial support of Mueller's decisions in how he handled the case. This article in the Post makes some excellent observations on that score.
...by delaying the question of Trumps interview until month 19 of his tenure, Mueller allowed Trump to run out the clock a grave tactical error. And second, in an investigation of this public import, getting substantial evidence but not the word of the president himself fails to fulfill the special responsibility of a special counsel. In a run-of-the-mill criminal case, a prosecutors decision to bypass questioning a difficult figure might make sense; when we are seeking to learn whether a presidential candidate worked with a hostile foreign power to win an election, the public deserves to have that candidate answer questions under oath...
Finally, some of Muellers other decisions should be publicly debated. His determination not to bring campaign finance charges against Trump Jr. for soliciting foreign assistance to damage Hillary Clintons campaign has been blasted by one of the foremost election law experts, as it turned on a curious view that Mueller could not prove the value of the assistance Russians dangled in front of Trump Jr., and that a prosecution for solicitation of foreign election assistance raised First Amendment concerns...
Most important, Muellers decision not to also bring charges against Trump Jr. a private citizen, not protected by any Justice Department policy against prosecution for conspiring with WikiLeaks (either as a violation of campaign finance laws or other statutes) remains a mystery given the extensive evidence of direct interactions between Trump Jr. and the WikiLeaks team. It is this Mueller decision which enabled Trumps no collusion boast that merits the greatest scrutiny in the days ahead.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/robert-mueller-failed-to-do-his-duty/2019/04/19/370a47d8-62a6-11e9-9412-daf3d2e67c6d_story.html?utm_term=.692da37a6c49
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My reading is that Mueller's mistake was to bend over backwards NOT to make any decisions that
Nitram
Apr 2019
#2
I think Mueller tried to hard to avoid the appearance of making "political" decisions.
Nitram
Apr 2019
#6
Not necessarily. Mueller laid out a clear road map for impeachment or prosecution in the future.
Nitram
Apr 2019
#16
For that one instance, yes .. Don Jr should be in jail for colluding with wikileaks
uponit7771
Apr 2019
#19
Just like Comey hid the Russia investigation to not appear political, while
lagomorph777
Apr 2019
#26
+1, why the narrow focus on Russian "government" officials instead of just plain Russians ?!
uponit7771
Apr 2019
#18
Working with Russians to gimp the elections is against the law, campaign finance which is
uponit7771
Apr 2019
#32
Working with anyone to gimp any election is against the law. Working with the Russian government to
Nitram
Apr 2019
#34
The first two are easy, Mueller didn't need Trump by then and Trump Jr can LEGALLY plead stupid...
uponit7771
Apr 2019
#17
He didn't do what he was supposed to do. End of story. There are no excuses for being a wuss.
Cousin Dupree
Apr 2019
#30