I would caution all of us, myself included, to be careful about making assumptions about who did or did not participate in the scheme knowingly.
A prosecutor is usually at the mercy of the investigators and they assume materials provided to them are complete, thorough, fair, and impartial. I am 100% convinced that Mueller should be removed from any “collusion” or “obstruction” claims as put forth by Comey based on his relationship to Comey. Same thing for Rosenstein possibly, but I don’t know the true extent of their relationship.
We do not know where this is going, but what if Mueller and Rosenstein were not an active part of this and they were duped by the small investigative team and events unknown to them?
What if they clear the President and pass on any information they are aware of regarding wrongdoing? That is not what they are tasked to investigate after all, but their investigation is now inextricably entwined with the parallel investigation(s) and accusations of wrongdoing by some within DOJ.
I could be wrong of course and they could be as partisan as everyone else, but I don’t know that and neither does anyone else but those involved. I remember and it has been refreshed by watching the Scandalous special report on Fox regarding Ken Starr and the Lewinsky investigation how partisan the investigation became in the news and peoples pavlovian responses to defend or assume the worst about the President. In the end, there was much more going on than we knew at the time so it would NOT be fair for us to do and assume partisanship on the part of Mueller as they did with Ken Starr. This is an adversarial process so that is a natural reflex, but we don’t know what Mueller was presented about Flynn and what he was not told...... yet.
My recommendation is for everyone to wait and see where this goes..... we may end up quite surprised in the end. The evidence, given the drips of DC, appears to heavily favor he President right now.
You're right.
My observation really is more about the office of Special Counsel than Mueller personally.
At some point, though, Mueller himself has to take some responsibility for the direction of the investigation. And it's clear with the Russian indictments that a Pro-Clinton bias pervades the Office of Special Counsel.
There are likely many more instances of foreign nationals, and perhaps organizations affiliated with a foreign government that were involved in distributing political messages during the 2016 election. One that immediately comes to mind is Christopher Steele. If he escapes indictment, while the Russian indictments stand, you can be sure that the bias is deeply entrenched.