Posted on 05/30/2018 9:41:46 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Robert Mueller’s fishing expedition has been going on for more than a year. Now, Americans are telling MSNBC — much to the network’s consternation — that it may be time for Mueller to put up the “Gone Fishin'” sign on the special counsel’s door.
A new poll released by MSNBC shows a majority of Americans think Mueller’s investigation is a “witchhunt,” much to the surprise of the people at the network.
“The Robert Mueller investigation has yielded many indictments and convictions, but a recent poll shows most Americans believe Donald Trump’s pronouncement that the Russia probe is a baseless ‘witchhunt,'” the network said as they announced the poll, which merited a panel discussion anchored by Joy Reid as to “why the president is controlling the narrative on Mueller’s Russia investigation.”
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No, seriously. They really did say that.
According to the survey, only 41 percent of people believe the Mueller investigation has uncovered crimes, compared to 59 percent who believe that it hasn’t.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation has yielded many indictments and convictions, but a recent poll shows most Americans believe President Trump’s pronouncement that the Russia probe is a 'baseless witch hunt." https://t.co/Sx4JQdIcuW
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 26, 2018
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That’s an 18-point difference. There are Democrats in San Francisco who don’t win by that much.
MSNBC, of course, is aghast. The investigation has uncovered crimes, they say! Which is technically true. But what sort of crimes?
Only one major figure thus far — Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser to Trump — has pleaded guilty to the crime of making false statements to investigators. This conviction doesn’t seem to point to Russian collusion during the campaign, mostly because Flynn wasn’t even involved with the campaign at any significant level.
Oh yes, there’s George Papadopoulos, the low-level staffer whose drunken ramblings are the basis for so many conspiracy theories. He also made false statements to investigators — and still, no evidence of collusion with the Russians.
So, what are we going on now? Mueller, who was hired to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 election, now seems to be focusing on a non-disclosure agreement with a porn star who’s hired a wonderfully self-promoting lawyer. That’s what our taxpayer dollars are being spent on.
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Former President Richard Nixon was one of the most secretive men to have ever commandeered the Oval Office, and in an era long before the internet or electronic records were normally kept. A little over two years after a “third-rate burglary,” a glassy-eyed Nixon was on the tube telling America that he would resign the office of the presidency at noon tomorrow, at which time Vice President Gerald Ford etc., you know the drill.
By that time, Attorney General John Mitchell, White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman, domestic affairs assistant John Ehrlichman, political affairs specialist Charles Colson and Nixon campaign lawyer G. Gordon Liddy had been indicted or pleaded guilty. White House counsel John Dean had started cooperating with the prosecution, and the vice president had resigned due to unrelated charges uncovered in the course of the investigation. The point is, the White House and president had been very clearly linked to the burglary as well as other sundry violations of the law.
Love him or hate him, we can all agree on this: Donald J. Trump is the least discreet man to have ever held the office of the presidency, as his Twitter feed can attest to.
More than a year after Mueller started looking into links between the Trump campaign and Russia, no collusion (which isn’t even a crime) or conspiracy (which is) with Russia or Russian actors has been definitively uncovered by the special counsel. This, may I add, is the work they were actually empaneled to do.
So far, the “convictions,” such as they stand, involve Flynn and a low-level campaign aide. Charges have been filed against Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort — a guy Trump liked so much that he fired him before the bananas in his office could even turn yellow. The Russia investigation seems to have taken a backseat to focusing on a payment made to a pornographic actress. This is all with unprecedented surveillance from the FBI, which may have included moles in the president’s campaign.
Now, are we to expect that Nixon couldn’t cover up a third-rate burglary, but Trump — the man who tweets out every Big Mac he eats — has been able to conceal a Kremlin plot from the overzealous eyes of American intelligence? Is this really what MSNBC and Joy Reid want us to believe?
Yes, there have been convictions, albeit of the most inconsequential sort. America seems to be saying what I am: Wake me up when the fishing expedition catches something — anything — of vital importance.
Until then, this entire investigation has been a waste of airtime and money.
Until then, this entire investigation has been a waste of airtime and money.
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I disagree, it has played a vital role in covering up the myriad crimes of the Kenyanesian Usurpation.
The entire US government was turned against the citizens.
I would like to know the cost to date....
The Russia investigation started in July 2016 under Comey, then passed to Mueller - it’s almost 2 years, if they had something on Trump they would have moved to try to indict him already
translation: More people follow Trump on Twitter than watch MSNBC.
The entire US government was turned against the citizens.
And vise versa
The left is going to do more and more screwy things before the mid-term election. There only hope is to take Congress and Impeach and remove Trump. Roseanne is only one of more silly things they will spend millions of dollars to win the election. Voter cheating will be stepped up. They want to stop Trump.
Latest info available is that it may have started earlier than July 2016. Maybe early Spring.
Appointing a special counsel to me is like giving power to one man and his henchmen to destroy anyone said counsel and/or his gang wants to and our Constitution makes no mention of this. If Congress cannot do their job it is high time we fire them all and vote for regular everyday Americans who owe no favor to anyone.
Those who can see things right in front of their faces all agree that there is something right in front of their faces. Mueller has no evidence. His team is all Democrats. They’re ignoring all the obvious evidence of Hillary’s collusion with Russia.
How about: How much has Mueller been paid? That includes expensive meals, travel and hotel bills.
Longer then you might want to believe.
Or Chicago....................
Compare that to XXX-42 and his Exxon-Valdez level DNA spill. Discretion indeed.
>it’s almost 2 years, if they had something on Trump they would have moved to try to indict him already
If Trump was controlled by Russia, it would be treasonous to NOT indict/impeach him as soon as the evidence is even suggesting the potential control (”beyond reasonable doubt” not necessary for impeachment). Even if the evidence didn’t show Russia controlled Trump, but only that Trump was considering Putin’s interests along with US interests in decisions because of collusion in the campaign, he should be removed ASAP.
If Mueller has ANYTHING on Trump/Russia, he is committing treason by not convincing the congress/press/public to impeach NOW. Every day he waits to either present evidence or close the “investigation” hurts the US.
It’s pretty obvious Mueller is trying to protect the deep state (and his friends and likely his own legacy), and is not trying to protect the US from foreign influence or Trump “crimes”. And whatever he and his friends have done is so bad that he’ll cause ongoing damage to the country in order to keep it from being known - or he hates “the people” so much that if we vote for someone he doesn’t approve of he’ll take the country down to show how wrong we were to vote against “our betters”.
My guess is that he and his friends have committed crimes that should result in prison or worse. But I’m open to the possibility that he simply hates me (and millions of others) so much that he’ll do damage to our country out of anger/spite for the way we voted.
Covering up crimes by the deep state is most likely - Mueeler is playing the only cards they have.
Michael Flynn’s case is not final nor appealable until until a sentence has been entered. Because Flynn was not given evidence that would be favorable to him, the court is going to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea and then Mueller is going to drop the case. What other choice does he have when the FBI agents said he didn’t lie.
The propagandist media is losing big time. Even if they report something true, they are not believed by 50% of the country right off the bat.
Trump knows that the media hates him. That’s why he can continually attack and bait them.
I would like to know the cost to date....
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To which cost are you referring? The endless financial costs of this witch hunt or the cost of the country’s declining faith in the integrity and fairness of it agencies?
By all means, double down, media nitwits -- the election is coming up fast. Thanks SeekAndFind.
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