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Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
8. Mueller knew Obstruction was not the main crime, that's why he contorted his
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 07:26 PM
Sep 2019

reasoning to let trump and his campaign off the hook for the trump tower meeting (reasoning that trump Junior was too stupid to have the intent necessary to break the law), Manafort giving polling data to Ruskies (poor Mueller couldn’t come up with a value for the data), and something like 18 other allegations where Mueller specifically said that the investigation found no evidence.

It is too late for the Mueller Report to be effective in an Impeachment, other than — “Oh, yeah in addition to the Ukrainian shakedown, welcoming future foreign interference in our elections, we remind you of shady dealings in the Mueller Report and the trump admin’s Obstruction of the investigation that likely covered up other crimes.”

As far as I’m concerned, Mueller is no different from anyone else who supports or covers for trump.

Yet nothing was done with his meticulous effort Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2019 #1
My hope is that the prosecutions that come after MF45 will use the report. Claritie Pixie Sep 2019 #3
His fault for not calling out Barr and saying exactly what he thought. Funtatlaguy Sep 2019 #6
You are probably right. And I think he could have been Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2019 #10
The info was all there. There is no one to be blamed for not acting correctly but ourselves. nt coti Sep 2019 #14
Yes! I sat in awe when the world was waiting for our immediate Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2019 #16
Certainly will weigh heavily in the back of people's minds as we go forward. GreenPartyVoter Sep 2019 #2
It certainly is in mine. Claritie Pixie Sep 2019 #4
I feel that Muellers intent was (He did his job NOW) bluestarone Sep 2019 #5
we certainly haven't heard the last of the mueller report. Takket Sep 2019 #7
Mueller knew Obstruction was not the main crime, that's why he contorted his Hoyt Sep 2019 #8
So, you are saying he magnified the obstruction side Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2019 #12
Not really, saying Mueller let him off hook. Thank dog he's not involved in Ukrainian shakedown. Hoyt Sep 2019 #15
I think Mueller did a great job and he did exactly as he was mandated to do. His report will ... marble falls Sep 2019 #9
K&R UTUSN Sep 2019 #11
There was more than enough in the report- and in the public discourse that Trump himself had put out coti Sep 2019 #13
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