By Florida Bill
On the one hand we have President Trump under investigation, and on the other, we have a special investigator who clearly lacks the credentials to make that investigation.
The case against President Trump is that he "colluded" with Russians who were helping him in his campaign and that he fired FBI Chief James Comey as a way of ending the Russian inquiry, and in so doing, obstructed justice.
Supported by the out-of-control left wing media and a Democratic party drum beat, Robert Mueller, a former FBI chief, was appointed "special counsel" to investigate, identify and and clear the deck of any wrongdoing.
Aside from the fact that the "collusion" charges are nonsense, and were already investigated for 18 months by the FBI which found no evidence of wrongdoing, Mueller is way too close to Comey, Trump's principal adversary accusing him of obstruction.
Mueller and Comey are like soldiers in a fox hole, watching each others' back. They worked together and hung together socially, and each has publicly praised the other for their competence and skill. And when you have that relationship between the gumshoe specialist (Mueller) and his friend Comey, who is an adverse witness against the President, you have an unworkable conflict of interest and the investigator must recuse himself and resign immediately.
Enhancing his own clear conflict-of- interest impropriety, Mueller has retained as his assistants 17 attorneys with whom he has worked in the past, and many of them also have worked with and under Comey in the Justice Department and in the FBI. Nine of these lawyers were supporters and financial donors to Hillary Clinton in her unsuccessful campaign to become president.
The Mueller "investigation" will never (as one announcer has said) pass the "smell test." Even Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard University professor and long time Democrat, has observed that Mueller appears to have stacked the deck against President Trump.
Personal integrity should dictate to the 72-year-old Mueller that he should resign, and allow a new prosecutor to be appointed by a bipartisan committee of senators and representatives.
President Trump, himself, has noted that Mueller is "conflicted" in his assignment. Some senators and representatives have demanded his resignation, and there is speculation that a lawsuit could be initiated challenging his fitness to serve because of his sweetheart relationship with his old friend. If Mueller declines to resign, he should be fired by the President whose authority to discharge Mueller appears clear, and is recommended by many legal observers.
The problem is not just a question of alleged "collusion. It goes much deeper, and involves Comey's dishonesty in testimony before congress and in his admitted leaking of privileged documents to the news media.
Also, there is Comey's alleged sham investigation of Hillary Clinton and her mishandling of classified emails. The tentacles of that matter reaches right up to President Obama and his Attorney General, Loretta Lynch.
While the Clinton email investigation was ongoing, FBI Director Comey reportedly told associates that Mrs. Clinton would not be prosecuted. That was his position even before Mrs. Clinton was questioned and in the absence of a grand jury, which would have been the appropriate tool in a criminal investigation.
The case against President Trump is that he "colluded" with Russians who were helping him in his campaign and that he fired FBI Chief James Comey as a way of ending the Russian inquiry, and in so doing, obstructed justice.
Supported by the out-of-control left wing media and a Democratic party drum beat, Robert Mueller, a former FBI chief, was appointed "special counsel" to investigate, identify and and clear the deck of any wrongdoing.
Aside from the fact that the "collusion" charges are nonsense, and were already investigated for 18 months by the FBI which found no evidence of wrongdoing, Mueller is way too close to Comey, Trump's principal adversary accusing him of obstruction.
Mueller and Comey are like soldiers in a fox hole, watching each others' back. They worked together and hung together socially, and each has publicly praised the other for their competence and skill. And when you have that relationship between the gumshoe specialist (Mueller) and his friend Comey, who is an adverse witness against the President, you have an unworkable conflict of interest and the investigator must recuse himself and resign immediately.
Enhancing his own clear conflict-of- interest impropriety, Mueller has retained as his assistants 17 attorneys with whom he has worked in the past, and many of them also have worked with and under Comey in the Justice Department and in the FBI. Nine of these lawyers were supporters and financial donors to Hillary Clinton in her unsuccessful campaign to become president.
The Mueller "investigation" will never (as one announcer has said) pass the "smell test." Even Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard University professor and long time Democrat, has observed that Mueller appears to have stacked the deck against President Trump.
Personal integrity should dictate to the 72-year-old Mueller that he should resign, and allow a new prosecutor to be appointed by a bipartisan committee of senators and representatives.
President Trump, himself, has noted that Mueller is "conflicted" in his assignment. Some senators and representatives have demanded his resignation, and there is speculation that a lawsuit could be initiated challenging his fitness to serve because of his sweetheart relationship with his old friend. If Mueller declines to resign, he should be fired by the President whose authority to discharge Mueller appears clear, and is recommended by many legal observers.
The problem is not just a question of alleged "collusion. It goes much deeper, and involves Comey's dishonesty in testimony before congress and in his admitted leaking of privileged documents to the news media.
Also, there is Comey's alleged sham investigation of Hillary Clinton and her mishandling of classified emails. The tentacles of that matter reaches right up to President Obama and his Attorney General, Loretta Lynch.
While the Clinton email investigation was ongoing, FBI Director Comey reportedly told associates that Mrs. Clinton would not be prosecuted. That was his position even before Mrs. Clinton was questioned and in the absence of a grand jury, which would have been the appropriate tool in a criminal investigation.
Comey has also revealed in sworn testimony before Congress that his boss at the time, Attorney General Lynch, was supervising an effort to protect Mrs. Clinton's candidacy from derailment. He stated that he acquiesced to her order that the criminal investigation into Clinton's email mishandling be referred to in FBI public statements as an unimportant "matter." The language, he explained, was consistent with the tone being used by the media in describing the Clinton criminal investigation.
At one point following the election of the new Republican president, Democratic Sen. Al Franken demanded that Comey resign, and he called for a congressional investigation into his apparent misconduct.
But before Congress got going in any investigation, Inspector General Michael Horowitz of the Department of Justice announced in a news conference on January 12 that he would investigate the behavior of Comey for possible misconduct. He promised a written report upon its conclusion, adding that he would recommend prosecution of anyone, including Comey, who has broken the law.
It is expected that Horowitz will be sharing information with the special investigator. He does not have his finger into a grand jury, but as Inspector General he has a staff of investigators, lawyers and accountants. And based upon acknowledged actions by Comey in fibbing to congress, leaking privileged documents, and acquiescing to the improper and illegal directions of Atty. Gen. Lynch, Horowitz should come down hard on the smug, six-foot-eight inch Comey.
The office of Inspector General of the Department of Justice has been established by Congress. It is independent and powerful and does not answer to, or report to the special counsel.
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At one point following the election of the new Republican president, Democratic Sen. Al Franken demanded that Comey resign, and he called for a congressional investigation into his apparent misconduct.
But before Congress got going in any investigation, Inspector General Michael Horowitz of the Department of Justice announced in a news conference on January 12 that he would investigate the behavior of Comey for possible misconduct. He promised a written report upon its conclusion, adding that he would recommend prosecution of anyone, including Comey, who has broken the law.
It is expected that Horowitz will be sharing information with the special investigator. He does not have his finger into a grand jury, but as Inspector General he has a staff of investigators, lawyers and accountants. And based upon acknowledged actions by Comey in fibbing to congress, leaking privileged documents, and acquiescing to the improper and illegal directions of Atty. Gen. Lynch, Horowitz should come down hard on the smug, six-foot-eight inch Comey.
The office of Inspector General of the Department of Justice has been established by Congress. It is independent and powerful and does not answer to, or report to the special counsel.
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It seems that the Russkies have tried to influence American politics with disinformation, misinformation and propaganda campaigns, but the only thing new about that is their use of social media to spread their stuff. They've been bullshitting since the days of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin , and to date neither the Mueller nor Congresssional investigations have discovered evidence of any "collusion" with Trump to somehow tilt the presidential election to Trump. The Dems are running out of gas on the "Russian collusion" issue, but unfortunately both Trump's big mouth and Republican Congressional many mouths give them plenty of new ammunition.
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