Fiske found no basis to act, and advocated his report be kept secret.
[Judge] Sentelle's panel said it was removing Fiske, already nine months and $2.5 million into the investigation, because of an appearance of conflict because he originally was appointed by a member of Clinton's Cabinet, Attorney General Reno.Judge Meets Sen. Faircloth Before Fisk was Ousted - August 12, 1994
That judicial removal procedure would not work today, to get rid of Mueller. Fiske's appointment was under a different law, one that empowered Congress to instigate criminal investigations. That procedure is constitutionally weak at best. At any rate, Republicans wanted Fiske out, because he was whitewashing crimes, just like Comey.
The parallel today would be removing Mueller because he was appointed by a member of Trump's cabinet, Sessions. The thought being that Sessions would only pick a person who would whitewash the investigation.
Thanx for during this off for us..
Iirc, fiske was another “high character/high credibility” fixer. Straight out of the comey/mueller mold.
Fiske did a good job of whitewashing bubba’s whitewater crimes & “buried” the suicide of vince foster
Totally forgot the name of judge david sentelle.
Today’s appointment of mueller is more twisted than fiske’s, but imo, the parallel is that they’re both on missions with pre determined outcomes??