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To: mairdie
Robert Mueller's 'no questions' routine is absolute nonsense

By Jonathan Turley

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The problem is that Mueller was uttering absolute nonsense about his inability to reach a conclusion. He likewise did not offer a principled basis for refusing to answer any questions. This includes obvious questions such as why he refused to comply with the request from his superiors to identify grand jury material, which delayed the release of his report. The disconnect in the coverage of his remarks was striking. Attorney General William Barr testified for hours on his role and has answered dozens of questions. He was promptly dismissed as evasive and even perjurious. Mueller declared he would tolerate no questions and declined to address any of the criticism of his work with very little objection from the media.

The press conference this week should be an embarrassment for the Justice Department. The agency has long maintained that the special counsel could perform the same function as an independent counsel in determining whether high ranking officials committed criminal acts. For two years, Congress and the Justice Department expressly anticipated findings of any criminal conduct. Mueller employed a massive staff and spent tens of millions of dollars. Yet, it now appears that he never intended to make any findings of possible crimes by President Trump.

Mueller insisted that, because there is a Justice Department policy not to indict a sitting president, he interpreted that to bar him from finding the basis for criminal conduct. According to Mueller, you can investigate but not reach basic conclusions on what the investigation found. One could understand why he would not be eager to answer questions about such an absurd interpretation, when his cited sources directly contradict him.

1,327 posted on 05/30/2019 6:04:17 PM PDT by mairdie ("Incident" from "Old Soldiers' Drums" - https://youtu.be/yrWppl0k6o4)
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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/30/navy-seal-eddie-gallagher-released-from-pre-trial-confinement-after-prosecution-suffers-major-blows/

Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher Released from Pre-Trial Confinement After Prosecution Suffers Major Blows

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Among other things, sources familiar with the matter say, the prosecution administered a lie detector test to Gallagher–which he passed–and did not disclose that to the court or to the defense. In addition, the prosecution spied on the defense and on the news media through email tracking programs.

The incident for which Gallagher is charged has come under question in recent weeks, as Breitbart News has reported extensively. A video of the actual incident was made available to members of Congress through Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), who said the video proves that Gallagher was actually attempting to save the life of the ISIS fighter he is charged with killing, but rather rendering emergency field medical care to the fighter.


1,369 posted on 05/30/2019 8:17:41 PM PDT by mairdie ("Incident" from "Old Soldiers' Drums" - https://youtu.be/yrWppl0k6o4)
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To: mairdie
Mueller insisted that, because there is a Justice Department policy not to indict a sitting president, he interpreted that to bar him from finding the basis for criminal conduct. According to Mueller, you can investigate but not reach basic conclusions on what the investigation found. One could understand why he would not be eager to answer questions about such an absurd interpretation, when his cited sources directly contradict him.

I'm beginning to think that Mueller was less than a figure head in this 'investigation'. I don't think he was in any way involved except for the fact that his name was used. This was a Weissman operation from top to bottom. I heard Guilliani say last night that in all the interaction he had with the team he only saw Mueller once...every other time he was a no-show.

Weissman was the first hired and then he hired the rest of the team. This whole thing has been a continuation of the fraud the obama DOJ and FBI has been perpetuating against the country.

Still trusting the Plan but getting more disgusted by this government every single day.

1,428 posted on 05/31/2019 5:54:49 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP! WWG1WGA)
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