Muh Russians are getting agitated.
They're murmuring that "they're done with elections"...
Perhaps the murkiest event in the timeline is Rod Rosenstein’s appointment of a special counsel after he personally recommended Comey’s firing in blistering terms. With Attorney General Jeff Sessions shoved out of the way, Rosenstein and Mueller then ignored their own conflicts and took charge anyway. Rosenstein is a fact witness, and Mueller is a friend of Comey, disqualifying them both.Unfortunately...the Mueller investigation comes with no “off” switch: You can’t fire Mueller. He needs to be defeated...
Finding the “off” switch will not be easy. Step one here is for the Justice Department inspector general report to knock Comey out of the witness box. Next, the full origins of the investigation and its lack of any real intelligence needs to come out in the open. The attorney general, himself the target of a secret investigation, needs to take back his Justice Department. Sessions needs to act quickly, along with U.S. Attorney John Huber, appointed to conduct an internal review of the FBI, on the Comey and McCabe matters following the inspector general report, and then announce an expanded probe into other abuses of power.
Stopping Mueller isn’t about one president or one party. It’s about all presidents and all parties. It’s about cleaning out and reforming the deep state so that our intelligence operations are never used against opposing campaigns without the firmest of evidence. It’s about letting people work for campaigns and administrations without needing legal defense funds. It’s about relying on our elections to decide our differences.
Sad to say, but I don't think Sessions is up for the job that needs to be done. I just don't think he's strong enough. He's just another a milquetoast Republican creature of the Senate.
Just wanted to add that there is an “off switch,” but Congressional Republicans would need to act in unison for a change. They could stand on the steps of the Capitol together, invite others who would support their position, and DEMAND an end to the whole Mueller affairs immediately. They can state unequivocally that they will pull the plug on funding.
That's why Trump has (re-)empowered the IG - the public barely knows the difference anyway...
Muh Russians are getting agitated.
They're murmuring that "they're done with elections"...