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Opinion: Robert Mueller’s Last Resort
New York Times ^ | April 25, 2018 | By John N. Tye and Mark S. Zaid

Posted on 04/25/2018 1:22:08 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

It’s a nightmare scenario, but it’s not hard to imagine: President Trump, growing tired of the Russia investigation as it closes in on him, fires Robert S. Mueller III and moves to dismantle the Office of Special Counsel.

This would be a serious assault on the rule of law in the United States. The ability of the Department of Justice to enforce the laws would be in grave doubt. By now, Mr. Mueller has presumably amassed a great deal of evidence, some of which is highly classified, that may point toward serious crimes. Americans might reasonably wonder whether perpetrators, if they exist, would ever face justice.

We hope that such a constitutional crisis is unlikely. But if it does come to pass, there is a way that Mr. Mueller and his staff could prevent their important work from being permanently buried: They could become lawful whistle-blowers.

Many people think that exposing classified misconduct requires breaking the law. Not necessarily. If Mr. Mueller is fired, he and his team would not have to do anything illegal to disclose classified information and ensure that the American people learned the truth.

Here’s how it could work:

The moment he was dismissed, Mr. Mueller could lawfully take all the evidence he had collected — even the most highly classified materials — straight to Congress. If he personally lost access to the evidence, a remaining member of the Office of Special Counsel could do the same.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: witchhunt
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1 posted on 04/25/2018 1:22:09 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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Trump firing Mueller is just fapping material for liberals.


2 posted on 04/25/2018 1:22:57 PM PDT by bigbob
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Mueller only needs another 18 years of investigating Trump before he can claim a Pension ,LOL


3 posted on 04/25/2018 1:24:50 PM PDT by butlerweave
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“By now, Mr. Mueller has presumably amassed a great deal of evidence, some of which is highly classified, that may point toward serious crimes”

Presumably?

May point?

Some of which?

Right. Got it. It’s a Big Secret, see! He’s guarding all the bad stuff that maybe might mmmm could be there! So we gotta keep it up! He’s almost there! He hasn’t told anyone but baby it’s a done deal! Trust us!

More doubt and uncertainty whipped up by the Masters of BS.


4 posted on 04/25/2018 1:25:37 PM PDT by Regulator
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Yup,rumor is that Mueller has been questioning a former clerk at Blockbuster's who'll testify that DJT never returned a copy of Forrest Gump...
5 posted on 04/25/2018 1:28:13 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (You Say "White Privilege"...I Say "Protestant Work Ethic")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

NY Times is the CNN of print journalism. Fake News.


6 posted on 04/25/2018 1:29:03 PM PDT by AmusedBystander (The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
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NYT: Oh I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish...


7 posted on 04/25/2018 1:30:02 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Mueller is too busy hiding his Whitey Burger involvement to comment


8 posted on 04/25/2018 1:30:10 PM PDT by VRWCarea51 (The Original 1998 Version)
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Presumably? May point? Some of which?

C'mon now,be real! The NY Slimes has this from 14 unnamed sources!

9 posted on 04/25/2018 1:30:26 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (You Say "White Privilege"...I Say "Protestant Work Ethic")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Mueller investigation is imploding and the longer he continues, the deeper the hole he is digging for himself and all his corrupt buddies.

Mueller is likely going to be indicted for his role in Uranium One. One should also remember that Comey met with Mueller just before the last time Comey appeared before Congress.


10 posted on 04/25/2018 1:33:40 PM PDT by WASCWatch
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The hatred drips from every sentence.


11 posted on 04/25/2018 1:33:41 PM PDT by libertylover (If people come here legally, they're immigrants; if they come here illegally, they're invaders.)
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Americans might reasonably wonder whether perpetrators, if they exist, would ever face justice.

LOL! You mean like Hillary and the Clinton Foundation?

Uranium One?

Bill's rape of Juanita Broderick?

Lois Lerner's refusal to allow conservative non-profits?

Selling guns to Mexican drug cartels?

Letting the American Ambassador to Libya be murdered WITHOUT sending in available and ready reinforcements?

Allowing a non-Natural born citizen become President?

Murdering Seth Rich?

JUST TO NAME A FEW!

12 posted on 04/25/2018 1:33:48 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (If white privilege is real, why do we have millions of poor white people?)
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Rush today suggested an obscure video will turn up of - drumroll - prostitutes peeing on a bed. Said they are good at doing this sort of thing. Not the prostitutes. The investigators and EF BEE EYE.

They don't have to come up with material incriminating Trump. Just make the public so convinced he is guilty of something, they will want him out.

That was a pretty fancy dinner at the WH. Anybody know why at the entrance, the two guards on either side of the door when Trump and Melania entered were holding white masks or handkerchiefs over their noses and mouths?

13 posted on 04/25/2018 1:35:10 PM PDT by Aliska
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Enough talk. Make your move Snowflakes.


14 posted on 04/25/2018 1:35:45 PM PDT by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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Trump firing Mueller is just fapping material for liberals.

Exactly.

"DON'T YOU DARE FIRE MUELLER!!! CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS IF TRUMP FIRES MUELLER!!! THE PRESIDENT WILL CROSS A RED LINE IF MUELLER IS FIRED!!!"

"psst. Why haven't you fired Mueller yet?"

15 posted on 04/25/2018 1:37:39 PM PDT by Drew68
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I expect Mueller will issue a blistering report or statement, and then claim there just isn't enough evidence to take it to trial. He knows he's be embarrassed in court, so he can't charge Trump with anything. But he is obligated to try to smear him as much as he can.

But not to worry, to fair minded people the whole investigation will be considered to be the witch hunt that it truly is. The dead-ender democrats will be mad at Mueller, which will be some small satisfaction. They'll claim that he is a Republican and in the bag for Trump the whole time.

16 posted on 04/25/2018 1:38:49 PM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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Robert Mueller’s Last Resort

It's more like the NYT's last resort.

Hope. Hope that there is something to the lie that Mueller has been "investigating", or pretending to be investigating in the hope that he finds something, anything, anywhere, regarding some other obscure illegal stuff in Trump's part. IOW, the NYT has nothing, and in their desperation, they keep hoping that Mueller will somehow turn up something, anything.

Didn't Trump, some time ago, try to buy the NTT? Perhaps they can turn over all records of that attempt and ask Mueller to investigate a "possible" crime. After all, purchasing a media outfit that's hostile to Americans and their values, has to be considered to be criminal. Maybe there were Russians involved in that attempt to purchase.


17 posted on 04/25/2018 1:42:06 PM PDT by adorno
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I read the source, then blah, blah, blah...

Gotta keep the Indians stirred up, dontcha know.


18 posted on 04/25/2018 1:42:30 PM PDT by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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“Here’s how it could work:

The moment he was dismissed, Mr. Mueller could lawfully take all the evidence he had collected — even the most highly classified materials — straight to Congress. If he personally lost access to the evidence, a remaining member of the Office of Special Counsel could do the same.”

Not if the US marshals seize it all first.

I wonder if these people are fapping while they write this drivel. It’s really pathetic.


19 posted on 04/25/2018 1:43:16 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Single payer is coming. Which kind do you like?)
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Justice? Dept of justice? Most would settle for 10% justice out of the existing cabal.

Shut em down now.


20 posted on 04/25/2018 1:43:20 PM PDT by whistleduck ("....the calm confidence of a Christian with 4 aces".....S.)
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