Guest Post by Pat Buchanan
Republicans should not let Mueller skate on this. For the James Comey-Mueller investigation is itself in need of investigation.
What is it about special counsel Robert Mueller that he cannot say clearly and concisely what he means?
His nine-minute summary of the findings of his office, after two years of investigation, was a mess. It guarantees that the internecine warfare that has poisoned our politics continues into 2020.
If it was the intention of the Russian hackers and trolls of 2016 to sow discord within their great power rival, they have succeeded beyond their dreams.
Consider. Of the charge of conspiracy to collude with the Russians to hack the emails of the DNC and Hillary Clinton’s campaign, Mueller said, “there was insufficient evidence to charge a larger conspiracy.”
This suggests that there was at least some evidence to conclude that Donald Trump’s campaign did conspire with Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin to fix the 2016 election, just not enough evidence to sustain a charge of treason.
Didn’t they use to call this McCarthyism?
On obstruction of justice, Trump attempting to impede his investigation, Mueller said: “If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so.”
“Mueller Declines to Absolve Trump” was The New York Times headline.
That tells us that Mueller would not give Trump absolution. But why would Trump need absolution, if he did not commit the crime?
Mueller implied that his refusal to charge Trump publicly was based on a Justice Department ruling that presidents cannot be indicted.
But if the special counsel cannot indict a sitting president, and ought not charge him, as, said Mueller, it is “unfair to accuse somebody of a crime when there can be no court resolution of the actual charge,” then what was the point of naming a special counsel?
If Mueller actually believes Trump was guilty of obstruction, why did he not forthrightly declare: “While the Justice Department’s interpretation of the Constitution precludes my office us from indicting President Trump, we believe his actions during the course of our investigation constituted an obstruction of justice.”
At least we would have clarity. Now we have Mueller walking out, without taking questions, and leaving us with this toxic mush.
Republicans should not let Mueller skate on this. For the James Comey-Mueller investigation is itself in need of investigation.
Among the questions that need answering:
If, after two years, Mueller found “insufficient evidence” of collusion by Trump, what was the compelling evidence that justified launching the investigation of collusion during the Obama era?
Did that earlier “evidence” turn out to be false allegations and lies?
When did Mueller discover that George Papadopoulos and Carter Page were not agents of the GRU or KGB?
When did Mueller decide there was no collusion or conspiracy?
Was it not until this spring? Or has Mueller known for a good while there was no conspiracy?
Why are these questions important? Because the investigation itself, leaving as it did a cloud over the legitimacy of the president, was damaging not only to Trump but also to the nation. As long as half the country believed Trump was an agent or asset or blackmail victim of Putin, the nation could not come together.
Did Mueller feel no obligation to clear up that false impression as swiftly and fully as possible, if, indeed, he believes it is false?
When did Mueller discover the Steele dossier was the product of a dirt-diving operation, financed by the Clinton campaign and fabricated by a Trump-hating ex-chief of British intelligence with long ties both to former agents of Russia’s FSB and James Comey’s FBI?
Did Mueller ever suspect that the investigation he inherited was a takedown operation, instigated by enemies of Trump who were determined that he never become president or, if he did, that his tenure would be short?
Mueller’s performance Wednesday has reinvigorated the impeach-Trump caucus. But it has disserved the Democratic Party as much as it has the country.
The progressive left and its media auxiliaries, rabid on the subject, are egging on and cheering for candidates who call for impeachment. As of now, at least eight Democratic presidential candidates favor hearings.
The Democratic left is out to break Nancy Pelosi’s resistance.
If they succeed and this city and the nation turn their attention to a titanic battle to see if the Democratic Party can remove the Republican president, it will be bad news for the republic.
The real business of the nation will be put off until 2021.
Meanwhile, the Venezuela crisis is smoldering, and Sen. Lindsey Graham is urging an ultimatum to Cuba to get its forces out.
North Korea is testing missiles again, with few believing Kim Jong Un will give up the security provided by his nuclear weapons.
And John Bolton is in the Middle East accusing Iran of acts of sabotage and war in Yemen and the Gulf, and of threats to American forces in Iraq.
Mueller’s assignment was to give us answers. After two years, he gave us options.
The nation will pay a price for Mueller’s muddling indecisiveness.
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Mueller is deep state scum. Others here have posted about his horrible past w/ the FBI. He had his finger all over a bunch of nasty business. Plus being the former boss and well known buddy of Commie-Comey. But no recusals for him as they spent a year plus trying to make a strong case for obstruction of justice over their fraud Russia investigation. It’s sickening, this is banana republic stuff. I had thought my faith in gov’t was already amazingly low before all this Trump stuff, now its at zero. But we live in the tower of Babel, there is so much in-fighting and groups being pit against eachother to ever focus on the Oligarchs behind the curtain. Plus we have the commie MSM that works for the Demo-Commies. We clearly don’t have real journalism anymore, even libs like Glenn Greenwald can barely tolerate his commie-cousins.
Pat was talking about Mexifornia back in the 90’s and NAFTA and all the rest. He saw this country tearing itself apart and was beating the drum before it became obvious that he was correct.
“But we live in the tower of Babel”
That’s certainly the direction “they” are taking us. Compare what’s written on the Georgia guidestones to Genesis 11.
The NWO has never not been the goal.
One nation, under satan, where “do what thou wilt” shall be the whole of the law.
plus 100 billion.
Mueller is the poster boy for deep state, he covered up 911, now he is covering up more deep state business.
When a person’s response to questions are obfuscation and resigning, you know he is trying to hide something.
pure pond scum, probably has blackmail info on the entire deep state apparatus.
In secret societies, you must provide or create “personally damaging” information, to be part of the club, to ensure you loyalty to the organization.
it’s usually some sort of gay sex crappola, or self flagellation, like jerking off in a coffin to be part of Skull and Bones, filmed and archived.
Says a lot about the members of these 3 letter agencies, who all came from similar backgrounds.
Heard this a while ago,
FBI: Mueller Struck Deal To Free Billionaire Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein https://newspunch.com/fbi-mueller-pedophile-jeffrey-epstein/
“But if the special counsel cannot indict a sitting president,…”
It looks like this circus show is to keep from indicting a former president ? Or Secretary of State? And all the other former State players we see on CNN.
I disagree; Mueller left us with more questions, DIFFERENT questions than the ones we started with.
In “Postmodern” literature, there is a sub-genre called “the anti-detective novel” (Auster’s
City of Glass
comes to mind), wherein the initial “mystery” and relevant questions leads to more questions and another mystery, and another and so on, so there never is a tangible resolution, just more questions, more loose ends. (Mamet’s “Homicide” and Singer’s “The Usual Suspects” are two movies that I would include in this genre.) To me, that’s what this “investigation” is and has been – never a hunt for resolution but for more clues, more implications, more loose ends to fray. “They” never tried to solve anything but were just asking questions.
When they did not “like” the answers they heard/received/got/found/discovered, they ignored/spun/qualified/lied about them. And asked more questions.
So . . . postmodernism (whatever that actually means) informs the post-truth era: just keep talking and directing and redirecting and supposing and pontificating and considering and misstating, and people will hear whatever they believe.
Some of the confusion, which may be intentional, rests with the sloppy use of language. “Evidence” are “facts” tending to prove a crime. They are not synonymous terms. For example, the mere fact that you were in the vicinity of a fatal shooting could be evidence you are guilty, or just a fact. If you were acquainted with the deceased, or were known to quarrel with him, these could be evidence or mere facts, depending. And so on and so forth. If the real shooter is caught with the gun and confesses to the crime, the facts known about you are not evidence, they are just facts. In the case of say, Carter Page, the fact that he was on the Trump team and frequently traveled to Russia never became evidence, because they did not tend to prove a crime. I do not know what ‘evidence’ is being referred to by Mueller, but I suspect they are mere facts which never amounted to anything.
“His nine-minute summary of the findings of his office, after two years of investigation, was a mess. It guarantees that the internecine warfare that has poisoned our politics continues into 2020.”
That was his intention. He can’t carry on the war but he wants others to do it for him. If the Dems start impeachment proceedings and the President is innocent and he does nothing about the treasonous scum that started it, then the country will continue to descend into chaos. Greg Hunter called him a dirty cop. That’s being easy on him, IMO.
Mueller did exactly what he was supposed to do: blow smoke, distract from the treasonous actions of the democrats, the Feeb bureaucrats, the Hillary supporters in the DOJ, State Dept. and most importantly, draw attention away from Obama and his actions.
I watched this video comment from a few days ago here on TBP.
Sums up the unspoken narrative nicely, or at least brings to light sly observations. So I repost it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TkFZQDSGmo
There sure was a lot of money spent to get this total bullshit wishy-washy answer that created more questions. Mueller should be slapped repeatedly.
Mueller should be slapped repeatedly.
By his cellmates. Just before he gets hanged.
“Did Mueller ever suspect that the investigation he inherited was a takedown operation, instigated by enemies of Trump who were determined that he never become president or, if he did, that his tenure would be short?”
I like Pat Buchanan, but he is hopelessly naïve. Mueller was an integral part of that takedown operation. I don’t think Pat even realizes that there is such a thing as a Deep State. I haven’t ever seen him write anything about the JFK assassination, but I am reasonably certain that he thinks Lee Harvey Oswald did it.
This shit is getting deep. I think Mueller was in on it. Sure sounds like Sessions was too. I hope AG Barr is 1/2 the man we’re praying he is.
An Old West analysis and summary of the Mueller report and Congress’ efforts in one sentence:
“While we recognize that the subject did not actually steal any horses, he is obviously guilty of trying to resist being hanged for it.”