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What should be done about Mueller’s biased staff?
Powerline ^ | December 6,2017 | Paul Mirengoff

Posted on 12/06/2017 8:49:49 AM PST by Hojczyk

A biased criminal investigation of anyone is unacceptable. A biased criminal investigation of the U.S. president is intolerable.

How often do we hear that only banana republics investigate political losers (e.g., Mrs. Clinton)? I’m pretty sure I’ve said it myself.

We investigate political winners because it’s important to ensure that those who hold office don’t abuse the public trust. But to conduct ideologically biased investigations of political winners that place them in jeopardy of being removed from office is most assuredly the stuff of banana republics.

What to do? I concur with a friend who says that Rod Rosenstein should direct Mueller to fire everyone on his staff who has made a political contribution or otherwise could be reasonably thought to be a partisan. If Mueller refuses, as he certainly would, Rosenstein should fire Mueller.

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To: Lurkinanloomin

I think Rosenstein appointed Mueller to try to head off any blowback from Uranium One. Once Comey was fired he knew that covering it up was much more difficult and everyone involved in that treasonous deal was in trouble.


21 posted on 12/06/2017 9:02:15 AM PST by jospehm20
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To: Hojczyk

It’s a political witch hunt and everybody knows it.


22 posted on 12/06/2017 9:03:21 AM PST by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or ywour own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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To: Lurkinanloomin

I think Meuller is covering for the entire FBI, they are all as crooked as Hillary.


23 posted on 12/06/2017 9:04:39 AM PST by CMailBag
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To: Hojczyk

First of all - Fire 10% of the FBI staff, randomly.

Let them suffer collectively for the political crimes of their elites.

The present culture of the FBI, and much of Washington, is that being a leftist propagandist and mole is perfectly acceptable, indeed, it helps in advancement. The words Professionalism and Neutrality are just propaganda for the public. That culture first needs to be destroyed and everyone in the agency must be responsible for it.

Then you can start to remove the most obvious, politically corrupt holdovers.


24 posted on 12/06/2017 9:08:56 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Hojczyk

If you look at it, the whole thing was kicked off by the Clinton Campaign funding that fake dossier, then a Clinton partison within the FBI using it to secure FISA warrants, which were then used to kick off investigations that led to another partisan hack in the FBI appointing a special counsel who hired mostly partisan hacks including the same one who started this whole thing off by using fake info provided by a campaign to spy on Americans. It’s outrageous and shows just how secure the entrenched deep state uniparty is.


25 posted on 12/06/2017 9:08:58 AM PST by pepsi_junkie
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To: CMailBag
I think Meuller is covering for the entire FBI, they are all as crooked as Hillary.

And Sessions' solution to clean up the FBI is to have the Obama appointed DOJ IG Michael Horowitz clean up the mess.

What are the odds that Horowitz will cover things up?

26 posted on 12/06/2017 9:10:10 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: Hojczyk

To me, the simplest way to get rid of Mueller and his gang is to appoint a SC to investigate SWMNBN, the half breed and anyone associated with Uranium One sale.

That puts President Trump in a “stop yours ; then I’ll stop mine” position. It’s called leverage. The problem is getting a “rip your throat out” for SC.


27 posted on 12/06/2017 9:11:11 AM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: pgkdan
Works for me. Sessions should order Rosenstein to do this...and if he refuses fire him.

Sessions won't. he recused himself because he didn't want to avoid any possibility of the appearance of a conflict of interest. So now he is no unable to direct the firing of people who give the strong appearance of a conflict of interest. Ironic.

28 posted on 12/06/2017 9:12:11 AM PST by pepsi_junkie
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To: Hojczyk

Simple solution

Mueller has no effective supervision because of dumbass Jeff Sessions and his idiotic self recusal.

So Jeff Sessions needs to retire for personal reasons.

Make him an offer he can’t refuse.

Ambassador to Porkistan or something where he saves face.

That way the media and democrats won’t be all over the president for firing him.

The replacement Attorney General will not be prevented from supervising Mueller because he won’t be stupid enough to recuse himself and hang the president out to dry the way Sessions has done.


29 posted on 12/06/2017 9:15:01 AM PST by Vlad The Inhaler (United We Stand - Divided We Fall. Remember: Diversity is the opposite of unity.)
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To: Hojczyk

>>> What should be done about Mueller’s biased staff? <<<

Have them lined up and shot.


30 posted on 12/06/2017 9:15:17 AM PST by BuffaloJack (Men stand up for freedom; slaves kneel before their masters.)
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To: pgkdan

How about we ask for our money back ?


31 posted on 12/06/2017 9:17:15 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Hojczyk

IMHO the bias goes right up to Mueller himself.


32 posted on 12/06/2017 9:17:34 AM PST by Parley Baer
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To: jospehm20
I think Rosenstein appointed Mueller to try to head off any blowback from Uranium One. Once Comey was fired he knew that covering it up was much more difficult and everyone involved in that treasonous deal was in trouble.

Very well stated, what many of us have also surmised.

On the Mueller issue:

1. Keep up the media drip drip drip on him and his team's credibility.

2. While Sessions is primarily responsible for Mueller's existence, Trump is ultimately responsible for ensuring the laws of the land are properly applied. Those 2 need to get together to figure out what they're going to do about it.

3. If they can't reach agreement, a Sessions will have to be replaced with someone who respects and can work for the President.

4. Whoever the AG ultimately is, they need to appoint a second new special counsel to look into the possible crimes at the DoJ, and the involvement of the previous administration, as it can't be trusted to investigate itself. A watchdog outsider like Tom Fitton should be the selection, and allowed to being in his own external staff.

33 posted on 12/06/2017 9:20:15 AM PST by Golden Eagle (Donald Trump: "There's a lot of people disappointed in the Justice department, including me.")
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To: Corporate Law

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34 posted on 12/06/2017 9:21:07 AM PST by timestax
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To: CMailBag

My idea of a best outcome is that Mueller and company runs until it’s totally obviously ridiculous to let it continue.

At that point there will be many public voices saying bad things about the investigation and the people conducting the investigation. Have we reached the point where the investigation is damaging the investigators.

Can the investigators close the thing down with humiliating themselves?

At some point Trump could justifiably shut it down but I’d rather see the investigators destroy themselves with no public help from Trump.


35 posted on 12/06/2017 9:21:27 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: Hojczyk; Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; 2ndDivisionVet; ...

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36 posted on 12/06/2017 9:26:28 AM PST by bitt (press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally)
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To: Hojczyk

Everybody involved knew that the Mueller “investigation” was biased from the start. It’s an almost purely political exercise that will eventually peter out into nothingness.


37 posted on 12/06/2017 9:26:51 AM PST by glorgau
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To: jospehm20

Much more far reaching than just Uranium One, but also Libya, Fast and Furious, IRS as a weapon, opening the borders farther, the list goes on and on.

The entire Kenyanesian Usurpation was treason.


38 posted on 12/06/2017 9:26:53 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: cymbeline

My idea of a best outcome is that Mueller and company runs until it’s totally obviously ridiculous to let it continue.

We are there.


39 posted on 12/06/2017 9:29:00 AM PST by DarthVader ("The biggest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
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To: NTHockey

J. Christian Adams


40 posted on 12/06/2017 9:29:12 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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