Sabotage
The right-wingers are stepping up efforts to suppress the Mueller investigation.
Shortly before a federal grand jury reportedly filed the first charges in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, conservatives were renewing their calls for the attorney to resign.
Mueller, who is leading the Justice Department’s investigation as special prosecutor, is a former FBI director, which critics say creates a conflict of interest in the case.
Plus he has worked with Comey in the past, which the right-wingers claim makes them BFFs and thus Conflict of Interest.
The GOP has long complained about Mueller’s supposed lack of objectivity. But this week, demands urging him to quit escalated in the wake of reports that the Democratic National Convention and the Hillary Clinton campaign funded opposition research that turned up a secret dossier on Trump and his alleged Russia ties.
On Thursday the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal ― a crown jewel in the media empire of Rupert Murdoch, a close Trump ally — went after Mueller as well.
The WSJ loves Trump. I call that a conflict of judgement.
“The federal code could not be clearer – Mueller is compromised by his apparent conflict of interest in being close with James Comey,” Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz) said in a statement to Fox News on Friday. “The appearance of a conflict is enough to put Mueller in violation of the code.”
Friday morning, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said on “Fox and Friends” that “somebody with Bob Mueller’s integrity” should “step aside.”
Trump has also tweeted that the FBI may have helped pay for the dossier directly, though there’s no apparent evidence this is true.
Of course there isn’t. Trump feels free to lie about anyone and anything. I wish someone would sue him for libel.
Meanwhile, journalist Carl Bernstein — best known for his work with Bob Woodward reporting on the Watergate scandal —is accusing Trump of trying to “sabotage” Mueller’s investigation.
“The Russians interfered in our electoral process, and there is an investigation into whether Donald Trump and those around him had foreknowledge of those attempts, and what their relationships were with Russians, business relationships that might have made them vulnerable to Russian objectives,” Bernstein said on Don Lemon’s “CNN Tonight” on Friday. “That’s what Mueller is investigating. And he ought to be able to have the opportunity, without the president of the United States trying to sabotage his investigations, to follow through.”
Ought to, but won’t.
Meanwhile, Attorney General Jefe Sessions is totally unhinged from any investigation. So is his second, Colonel Co-fefe.
Republicans are worried that the mere appearance of a conflict of interest means the person should resign? Tell me more.
musubk – they are worried that anyone that disagrees with them or challenges one of them or indicts one of them automatically has a conflict of interest and should resign. Anyone who is on their side or does what they want by definition has no conflict of interest.
It’s all in definition of terms. Democrat (or non-Republican) can be defined as “one who is totally wrong in all things all the time”. Republican can be defined as “someone who knows how things should be, and is totally competent to run the country, as long as they cut taxes”.
So I’d give even odds on Mueller being fired this week… anyone want to place a bet?
It’s interesting how people without integrity always insist that people with integrity should do what people without integrity want.