[JGPhila]

The US Attorney in the Southern District of New York, who was appointed by Trump, recused himself and played no part in approving the search warrant. I have no problem with Cohen being investigated by the government for crimes he may have committed. What troubles me is that the so-called crimes involving Stormy Daniels, and the owner of the National Enquirer seem to have no link to the Russia “collusion” investigation. The search, approved by Rosenstein, continues the open-ended hunt for anything with which to smear Trump. That is the real problem.

[wmileo]

Let's see what they come up with. Mueller knows by now that the whole Russian Collusion and Obstruction of Justice things are DOA. The problem is that we know what happens when a special prosecutor is appointed. They start out with looking at one thing and end up going after another if they think a crime has been committed.

Now Mueller is looking at possible Campaign finance abuses because the money paid to this stripper may have come from the 2016 campaign. If not they are going after Cohen for banking fraud because he may have lied to the bank about a loan he took out to pay the stripper.

If all of this efforts fails, where else is he going to go I wonder?