Is anybody else getting the idea that Mueller is an idiot? Yes.
U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts period: TheWhitey Bulger Case was a complete mess.
DOJ period: "During his tenure, he oversaw prosecutions including that of Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega, the Pan Am Flight 103 (Lockerbie bombing) case, and of the Gambino crime family boss John Gotti."
The Panama case always seemed suspicious to me. Noriega was captured, brought to America, tried, served his sentence, sent to France for more jail time, and died. In this entire period of years I don't think he was ever permitted to have one interview. Remember that creepy leftist Mumia Jamal had a regular show on PBS for several years. Here's a bit from the Times obit:
Mr. Noriega was convicted in April 1992 and sentenced to 40 years in prison. He insisted all along that the trial and charges were a farce. “I accuse George Herbert Walker Bush of exercising his power and authority to influence and subvert the American judicial system in order to convict me,” he said in a two-hour courtroom speech. His sentence was reduced by 10 years, and he was later declared a prisoner of war, allowing him access to a telephone, more visiting hours and even a small salary, among other perks.
But while he was in prison in the United States, Panama tried him in absentia for the execution of soldiers in the failed 1989 coup attempt. And in July 1999, France tried him in absentia on money-laundering charges, accusing him and his wife, Felicidad Sieiro de Noriega, of channeling $3 million in drug profits to banks.
The Pan Am Lockerbie bombing case seemed to go off OK. But who knows, the blame was put on Ghadaffi, another sort of cartoon bad-guy in the American public's perception.
FBI Director Period: bungled anthrax case
In summary, he's made a mess of a lot of things, but still got promoted. Easy to believe his real skill is bailing out the Deep State, the Manuel Noriega arrest being the prime example. (But also - Whitey's brother was an important Dem politician in Mass.)
Mr. Fix It Man, with an MSM provided boy-scout image (anyone targeting R's gets that automatically. Comey got it too. "Boy Scout, total Boy Scout!". Till he revealed his creepiness.)
In summary, he's made a mess of a lot of things, but still got promoted. Well, I would contend that the "messes" he's made resulted in the appropriate outcomes that his masters desired. The dude is corrupt and deep state as the day is long.
But in this case, there is actual push-back to his corruption. People are calling his transparent and obvious bluffs (Russia, Trump) and he's not having such an easy go of it. And he's making stupid mistakes which would normally fly with the deep state running the show.
But guess what, Mueller. The Americans are in charge now.
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