The onus is on Mueller to keep the investigation tightly focused and thoroughly buttoned up, and to do his work quickly.
No. The purpose of Mueller is to hold this investigation open and indite someone, anyone, October 2018 to help the DNC. Just like he’s stuffed the investigation with DNC and Clinton Foundation donors. The fact Mueller is a long time associate and friend of Comey, yet doesn’t recuse himself, speaks to his inherent lack of integrity in this investigation.
Here is one thing you can bet on. Mueller’s investigation will *never* ask to examine the DNC server at the core of this so-called Russia hack.
I agree. That is outside the family of bogus investigations opened by Team Comey. Mueller's scope of review is stated as parallel to Comey's March 20 testimony ...
As you know, our practice is not to confirm the existence of ongoing investigations, especially those investigations that involve classified matters, but in unusual circumstances where it is in the public interest, it may be appropriate to do so as Justice Department policies recognize. This is one of those circumstances.I have been authorized by the Department of Justice [Sessions had been confirmed for a month by this time, but Rosenstein was NOT confirmed, and Sessions was not consulted] to confirm that the FBI, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia's efforts. As with any counterintelligence investigation, this will also include an assessment of whether any crimes were committed.
I find the key scope narrowing phrase in there to be "links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government." That investigation is broad just because there are many people in the "individuals associated with the Trump campaign" group. However, suspicion may be focused on just a few people. I think I've heard a grand total of 8 or so names, never all of them listed in one go.
It is an article of faith among the hoi polloi that the Russians interfered "unusually" or "in clandestine ways" with the 2016 presidential election. I don't accept that conclusion myself, but even if it is true, that doesn't create an association with the Trump campaign. Even if assumed true for hypothetical purposes that the Russian government worked in clandestine ways intending to FAVOR Trump for hypothetical purposes, that doesn't create an association with the Trump campaign.
The article and presumable the preservation order names five people. Two lists in this post, the other being drawn from questions posed to AG Sessions last week. There is some overlap in the lists of names.
Paul Manafort, and his business partner, Rick Gates; the former foreign policy adviser Carter Page; and the former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn. ... The memorandum also names Roger J. Stone Jr.
I take it that this is the ENTIRE beginning scope of Team Mueller's investigation.
Names listed by Senator Manchin during the Sessions hearing, last week:
Paul Manafort, Steve Bannon, General Michael Flynn, Reince Priebus, Steve Miller, Corey Lewandowski, and Carter Page.
I can only speculate why Senator Manchin listed Bannon, Priebus, Miller and Lewandowski. Maybe misdirection for the public.
At any rate, in ALL of the reporting I've seen, only a handful of names pop up. In the March 20 House hearing, some are fixated on Tillerson, Manafort, Page, Stone, and Flynn. J.D. Gordon and Walid Phares are mentioned, Michael Caputo and Wilbur Ross too.
Here is one thing you can bet on. Mueller’s investigation will *never* ask to examine the DNC server at the core of this so-called Russia hack.
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I bet you’re right.
until mueller takes a real look into DNC/hildabeast server he’s just running a FAKE INVESTIGATION.