Posted on 03/29/2019 8:05:10 AM PDT by Kaslin
Robert Mueller’s investigation lasted nearly two years, but it will take far longer than that to restore faith in America’s justice system after this blatant attempt to turn the FBI and Department of Justice into political weapons.
Attorney General William Barr summarized the core findings of the Mueller probe in a letter to Congress on Sunday, revealing that the FBI found no collusion between Donald Trump’s campaign and the Russian government.
"[T]he investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities," the Special Counsel concluded, as quoted by Barr.
Notably, the Attorney General also revealed the jaw-dropping scale of the investigation, explaining that Mueller “employed 19 lawyers who were assisted by a team of approximately 40 FBI agents, intelligence forensic accountants, and other professional staff.”
“The Special Counsel issued more than 2,800 subpoenas, executed nearly 500 search warrants, obtained more than 230 orders for communication records, issued almost 50 orders authorizing use of pen registers, made 13 requests to foreign governments for evidence, and interviewed approximately 500 witnesses,” Barr revealed.
This mind-blowing effort didn’t come cheap. According to numerous estimates, the entire probe cost taxpayers around $30 million — a stunning price tag for a baseless witch hunt that was never going to reveal evidence of collusion because it didn’t actually take place.
For that reason alone, even though the Mueller probe ultimately vindicated President Trump and his campaign, it was an unacceptable assault on our criminal justice system that has completely eviscerated the American people’s faith in both our judicial institutions and the FBI.
In other words, the cloud of suspicion that was hovering over the President’s head is now circling over the FBI headquarters. Mueller’s investigation may have vindicated Donald Trump, but nothing can rectify the gross injustices perpetrated against him, his associates, and the American people from the very earliest days of this presidency.
By perpetuating an unsubstantiated myth about President Trump and calling for a formal investigation, the Democrats sought to undermine the results of the 2016 election in close coordination with partisan actors in the FBI. The bureau's leadership should have objected vociferously to this injustice, but it did nothing.
The Democratic Party, for its part, shouldn’t have been allowed to use the FBI as its puppet, and the FBI should have resisted calls to launch an investigation based on a partisan myth. The fact that both were allowed to happen is a dark stain on the FBI’s reputation, one that can only be washed out after the bureau spends years compiling a new record of scrupulous honesty and political neutrality.
Notably, the bureau already had a credibility problem in its senior ranks even before Mueller’s findings were revealed — according to a poll published earlier in the month, 50 percent of Americans believed that Mueller’s probe was a “witch-hunt” intended to attack the President. Only 47 percent of respondents disagreed.
And where was the FBI investigation into the blatant sabotage of the President, not only during these years of proceedings but also during the recent North Korea talks? Sabotage is defined as the deliberate effort to obstruct (something), especially for political advantage. It’s a major offense, especially within intelligence circles, and those at the upper echelons of Congress who hold security clearances should know better. The FBI ran a counter-intelligence investigation into the President’s actions but has neglected to look into the potential sabotage of the North Korea summit meeting by congressional Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee who appeared to coordinate the Cohen hearings specifically to distract attention from the President’s efforts to avert nuclear war.
Sadly, and to the detriment of the many great FBI agents I’ve worked with over the years, the senior leaders involved in Trump’s investigation have done tremendous damage to the FBI’s reputation for many years to come.
Don’t be surprised if that’s the high point for the FBI’s reputation for many years to come.
Mueller’s investigation cost far more than just $30 million and nearly two years of partisan attacks — it also cost us our faith in the justice system.
For most of us that ship had already sailed frankly.
$30 million ....POTUS and every Repub should be repeating that evry time they get infront of a mic and or a camera
We will find out how much this bs cost us as more is revealed:
Notably, the Attorney General also revealed the jaw-dropping scale of the investigation, explaining that Mueller “employed 19 lawyers who were assisted by a team of approximately 40 FBI agents, intelligence forensic accountants, and other professional staff.”
“The Special Counsel issued more than 2,800 subpoenas, executed nearly 500 search warrants, obtained more than 230 orders for communication records, issued almost 50 orders authorizing use of pen registers, made 13 requests to foreign governments for evidence, and interviewed approximately 500 witnesses,” Barr revealed.
This mind-blowing effort didn’t come cheap. According to numerous estimates, the entire probe cost taxpayers around $30 million — a stunning price tag for a baseless witch hunt that was never going to reveal evidence of collusion because it didn’t actually take place.
For that reason alone, even though the Mueller probe ultimately vindicated President Trump and his campaign, it was an unacceptable assault on our criminal justice system that has completely eviscerated the American people’s faith in both our judicial institutions and the FBI.
In other words, the cloud of suspicion that was hovering over the President’s head is now circling over the FBI headquarters. Mueller’s investigation may have vindicated Donald Trump, but nothing can rectify the gross injustices perpetrated against him, his associates, and the American people from the very earliest days of this presidency.
I’m not so sure the FBI is the key culprit here. Sure, they are guilty as Hell, but the real reason the Mueller witch hunt went on and on???
Trump’s DOJ.
it also cost us our faith in the justice system.
We don’t have now and have NOT had a “Justice System” in over 40 years.
I haven’t had any faith in our “Legal System” in 40 years
The current release of the details will certainly influence the 2020 elections. So, the Mueller Proctology Exam served its prime purpose of being a tax-payer funded oppo research program for the DNC, NeverTrumpers, and embedded media.
The secondary purpose was to do the work of lazy Dems in the House to provide less-than-crime-but-maybe-impeachable offenses simply because they do not like Trump.
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Trump made it clear last night the perpetrators of this treason will be held to account. In some cases he even named names.
The Kenyanesian Usurpation should have been evidence enough that all of our institutions are corrupt.
They certainly are after the Kenyan from Indonesia got done with them.
Lost it WAY before muledeer showed up as SC. Thus-—DOH-J
“The bureau’s leadership should have objected vociferously to this injustice, but it did nothing.”
They did not “do nothing”. They were complicit.
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I’d love to hear someone actually ask Trump
whether he now regrets naming Jeffy Sessions as his AG.
“I’m not so sure the FBI is the key culprit here. Sure, they are guilty as Hell, but the real reason the Mueller witch hunt went on and on???”
When Democrats hold the WH, they use the agencies as weapons against their political enemies. When Republicans hold the WH, the Democrats cripple agencies so they cannot properly do their jobs. Look at every AG since Nixon. What happened to all of those AG’s?
When Comey announced that Hillary would not be prosecuted for the e-mail server, nor for obstruction of justice, and it was revealed that Cheryl Mills and Huma Abedin had both been given immunity, and that the guy who wiped out files that had been subpoenaed had also been granted immunity - that was when I realized that the FBI had been thoroughly corrupted, top to bottom.
This has eroded trust in our justice system and institutions.
However, the biggest damage in my opinion has been done to the ability of our President to negotiate with Russia - the other major nuclear power in the world.
Russia is not our friend, but there are many areas (as Trump said during the campaign) where we can and could find common ground to promote security for both nations. This farce has seriously hamstrung this administration and has pushed us towards another cold war that was not necessary.
It has also undoubtedly hurt the ability of Trump to negotiate with China, North Korea, and Europe as much of our media predicted his removal from office and openly accused him of treason for 2 years.
This must be fully investigated to prevent such a travesty in the future. It will be interesting to see what the OIG investigation reveals and congress needs to take a serious look at the FISA court and the intelligence community to include that of our allies who apparently were part of this because there clearly needs to be safeguards of some kind that are rigidly enforced. We can never again allow the security apparatus of our intelligence and DOJ to be used as a political weapon.
Of the two major candidates for president in 2016, only one was actually paid off by the Russians and used her office to return the favor. However for some reason, the other was subjected to a two year colonoscopy.
Revoke the Special Counsel Law.
Precisely! That horse left the barn some time ago and he was out of sight in October 2016 with Comey’s speech that, “No reasonable prosecutor...”
For those of us who have held high-level clearances for years, we knew that ANY prosecutor - reasonable or otherwise, would prosecute a similar case with only one such infraction. Furthermore, the very act of setting up a clandestine server to conceal the activity would’ve earned some of us life in Leavenworth or a firing squad.
Precisely! That horse left the barn some time ago and he was out of sight in October 2016 with Comey’s speech that, “No reasonable prosecutor...”
For those of us who have held high-level clearances for years, we knew that ANY prosecutor - reasonable or otherwise, would prosecute a similar case with only one such infraction. Furthermore, the very act of setting up a clandestine server to conceal the activity would’ve earned some of us life in Leavenworth or a firing squad.
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