As End Nears To Mueller Era, D.C. Lawyers Fear Lasting Politicization Of Justice

NPR ^ | 3/15/19

[Libloather]

Members of Washington's elite legal community decried the "increasing politicization" of the justice system at a particularly sensitive time: as the special counsel probe of Russian election interference edges toward a conclusion.

Abbe David Lowell, a veteran of high-profile cases who has defended members of Congress and Cabinet officials, lamented that public confidence in the FBI, the Justice Department and the rule of law itself has waned, even as he offered praise for Robert Mueller, the man leading the Russia investigation.

"I don't know of a special counsel who's done it better," Lowell said at an event with other top lawyers on Thursday evening.

[Libloather]

I recall Ken Starr getting microphones shoved in his face every day. From what I hear, Mueller hasn't been seen for over a year.

Oh, and lock her up.

[squarebarb]

Public confidence has waned but he doesn’t know anyone who’s done it better. Makes all kinds of sense.

[frank ballenger]

From what I hear, Mueller hasn't been seen for over a year.

I heard he was spotted having lunch with Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Just a rumor?

[bert]

Actually the end of DOJ politizationis what is in process

Tons of conspiring lawyers will be indicted

[LeoTDB69]

What he means is Washington’s ‘elite’ fear their lessening political control and exposure of all they have been getting by with.

[originalbuckeye]

Don’t tell me, let me guess.....the democrat DC Lawyers are lamenting the politicization of JUSTICE?? Were they upset with Holder’s and then Lynch’s Just-Us Dept?? Or are they pretending that the Republicans are the ones that politicized Justice?? The Left has politicized EVERYTHING!! The IRS, the DOJ, the FBI, and every corner of our country is up for attack if they even remotely disagree with the Left!! OWN IT, LEFTIES! YOU BROKE IT AND YOU SLEEP IN THE BED YOU MADE!

[NFHale]

“...Washington’s elite legal community decried the “increasing politicization” of the justice system...”

Oh, indeed... I remember the HUGE outcry from the “Washington elite” over Obunghole’s use of the justice department, and...

Oh... wait... what’s that?

Yeah.. never mind.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

As if Watergate wasn’t “politicization of justice.”

[max americana]

it’s NPR. Chill. We expect lefty slobber all over this piece and they interviewed the only pro Mueller lawyers for this crap ...

[exDemMom]

Just wow... the left has been politicizing justice for quite some time now, and the Mueller investigation was the latest and most blatant example of that. And *now* they’re worried about it?

[867V309]

FAKE NEWS——just blather to confuse the stupid

[RoseofTexas]

Y’d think?!!! Burn it down!!!

[Don Corleone]

To steal from Shakespeare,”First kill all the lawyers.”

[colorado tanker]

All the same, Messitte said, in 34 years on the bench at the state and federal level, "I have never really seen a case of partisan prosecution."

Really? Ted Stevens, Scooter Libby? The political nonprosecution of Hillary Clinton?

[Macoozie]

Hillary is not in an orange jumpsuit.
Still.
To this very day.

And it’s political NOW?

Heavens to murgatroyd!

[Lurkinanloomin]

public confidence in the FBI, the Justice Department and the rule of law itself has waned
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That might have something to do with it coming out that the FBI and DOJ were working for Obama to frame Trump and exhonerate the guilty Hillary.

[MAGAthon]

so Mueller has been better at politicizing the justice system than anyone else?

16 Mar: Reuters: Mueller, in U.S. court filing, says multiple probes continue
by Susan Heavey; additional reporting by Tim Ahmann
The U.S. Special Counsel’s Office on Friday asked a court to delay sentencing for U.S. President Donald Trump’s former deputy campaign chairman, Rick Gates, amid “ongoing investigations” stemming from the Russia investigation.
In a filing with the U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller cited Gates’ continued cooperation with multiple probes and asked permission to update the judge on the case again by May 14.

“Gates continues to cooperate with respect to several ongoing investigations, and accordingly the parties do not believe it is appropriate to commence the sentencing process at this time,” Mueller’s team said in the court filing...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-gates/mueller-says-former-trump-campaign-aide-still-aiding-probes-idUSKCN1QW1ZT

if you want a massive love poem to Mueller, here it is:

11 Mar: Reuters: Mueller navigates dangerous currents in probing Trump-Russia nexus
by Will Dunham
Mueller, known for a tough, no-nonsense managerial style, has remained silent throughout the investigation that threatens Trump’s presidency, letting his team’s court filings and indictments do the talking. Several Trump aides and advisers already have been convicted or pleaded guilty as a result of the investigation...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-mueller-newsmaker/mueller-navigates-dangerous-currents-in-probing-trump-russia-nexus-idUSKBN1QS17Y

[Libloather]

...murgatroyd...

I've never seen it in print but I'm using that forever.

[eyeamok]

he offered praise for Robert Mueller,

I think I see what his problem, he is as Corrupt as the rest of them. LOCK HER UP!!

[Dogbert41]

Why is the NPR still a thing? Nothing but Dem/Com prop on our dime.