By Florida Bill What a turn around!!! After months of investigation and non-stop talk about "collusion" by the Trump campaign with Russians, results are coming in.
The only "collusion" involves the Hillary Clinton campaign, its chairman, John Podesta and the Democratic Nationbal Committee and its former chairman, Debbi Wasserman Schultz.
That drum beat about "collusion" with the Russians was promoted by a left-wing media tethered to the hip of the Democratic party. The consequence was appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller to find answers and prosecute miscreants in the field, with Republicans targeted.
Some eighteen months of investigation have passed, first by the FBI and now under the supervision of Mueller, and the result is a goose egg of evidence against the Trump campaign. As one political reporter has noted, the allegation of Trump collusion is a "krock, a fraud, a politically induced hallucination and totally nuts."
Cascading out for Mueller to examine is evidence that the only political connection with Russians involves Hillary Clinton, her campaign manager John Podesta, and the Democratic National Committee. It is actually more than just "collusion." Democrats committed acts involving the spending of millions of dollars to destroy then candidate Trump, and that suggests criminal conduct, which is prosecutable.
Special Counsel Mueller has plenty of the big elephant to investigate and he can't slip away from it. And when you add the former FBI chief Comey, and his boss Attorney General Lynch to the hodgepodge, and the entire activity hints at the involvement of the Obama White House---well, Mueller has work to do, although some government watchdogs like the Wall Street Journal and Judicial Watch believe that Mueller has lost all credibility and should resign. Some critics want President Trump to fire him for.
Is "collusion" in itself a crime? Respected Georgetown University Law Professor Jonathan Turley has said that colluding violates no statute or election law or anything else. Greg Jarrett, an anchor for Fox News and a former criminal defense attorney agrees and points out that the enabling "special prosecutor" law provides for appointment of special counsel to investigate crimes....and only crimes, and nothing else. Anthony Napolitano, a former New Jersey state judge and now a TV analyst, has observed on several occasions that "collusion" talk is a democratic fantasy.
Robert Mueller, appointed last May, is a former Director of the FBI under Presidents Bush (the younger) and Obama. According to the charge given to Mueller, he is to investigate "any links and/or coordination between Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Trump....and any other matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation." The "any other matter" really commands Mueller to examine the conduct or misconduct of Mrs. Clinton, her campaign manager and Podesta and Podesta brother who reportedly had a hand into Russians work for money to damage the moral reputation of then candidate Trump.
Professor Turley has said that "maybe there was collusion...the question is, what's the crime? ...we haven't had any allegations of money being exchanged--until now and the finger points at Mrs. Clinton.
"Other matters" for Mueller and his 17 handsomely compensated attorneys to investigate is the role Mrs. Clinton played in the transferring of 20 per cent of USA uranium reserves to Russian investors controlled by the Kremlin. The quid pro quo of that action by the then secretary of state was a Russian donation of more than $100 million to the Clinton Foundation. These same Russian investors sweetened the deal by dishing out $500,000 as an honorarium to Clinton's husband, the former President, for an after dinner speech in Moscow.
Reportedly, Mueller is investigating President Trump's discharge of James Comey on May 8, as "obstruction of justice." President Trump had a constitutional right to discharge Comey for a good reason, or for no reason, or for any reason. Trump said he did so because Comey was not doing a good job, and in fact had conducted a sham investigation of "Crooked Hillary" providing her with a "get out of jail free card," after noting in a news conference that she had violated the law in her handling of classified emails.
Comey also is under investigation by Michael Horowitz, Inspector General of the Department of Justice. Horowitz announced last Jan. 12 that he would review Comey's handling of the Clinton email investigation for possible "misconduct," and would issue a report on his findings.Some lawyers are predicting that Horowitz's findings will be explosive, and will identify Comey committing wrongdoing in his investigation.
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