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THE MUELLER REPORT AND THE STARR REPORT: COMPARE AND CONTRAST
Powerline blog ^ | 4-20-19

Posted on 04/21/2019 9:50:50 AM PDT by DeweyCA

In his long-awaited report, special counsel Robert Mueller found that the evidence failed to establish “collusion” between the Trump campaign and Russia. In addition, he did not find that President Trump committed obstruction of justice, the only other offense discussed in the report.

By contrast, independent counsel Kenneth Starr, in his 1998 report, established that President Clinton perjured himself during a civil deposition, conspired to obstruct justice, violated criminal prohibitions against witness tampering, and perjured himself before a grand jury.

When congressional Republicans commenced impeachment proceedings against Clinton, congressional Democrats and their media allies were outraged. Even though the evidence established that Clinton committed multiple felonies, each of which related to obstructing justice, they insisted that his conduct did not warrant impeachment.

Yet now, some congressional Democrats and some in the media contend that Trump should be impeached for obstructing justice even though a multi-year, hugely expensive investigation has failed to find that he committed that crime or any other. I don’t see a principled basis on which this position can be reconciled with the nearly unanimous opposition of Democrats to Bill Clinton’s impeachment in the 1990s.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton; impeachment; mueller; nadler; obstruction; perjury; starr
There is no reasonable comparison between what Bill Clinton did and what Trump did, and the Dems' reaction. It is only a contrast. Clinton was clearly guilty on multiple counts, while Trump is not guilty of any counts.
1 posted on 04/21/2019 9:50:50 AM PDT by DeweyCA
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To: DeweyCA

Democrats want to live in a “Heads I win, Tails you lose” world.

The narrative says Trump should not be president. All else follows.


2 posted on 04/21/2019 10:09:29 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: DeweyCA

Trump is not “guilty of any counts” BECAUSE HE WASNT CHARGED WITH A CRIME!!

There were NO “counts.”


3 posted on 04/21/2019 10:09:52 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: DeweyCA

We should remember that the impeachment charges the House considered werr related to Clintons conduct with monica but the house began impeachment proceedings a year before anyone knew monica’s name.

The Gephardt led House democrats refused to consider any other charges but the ones related to monica


4 posted on 04/21/2019 10:13:58 AM PDT by South Dakota
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To: DeweyCA
I don’t see a principled basis on which this position can be reconciled with the nearly unanimous opposition of Democrats to Bill Clinton’s impeachment in the 1990s.

The great thing about no term limits is that there are approximately FORTY lying gasbag Democrat hypocrites in the US Congress who could see no crimes that were committed by Bill Clinton, when he CLEARLY committed crimes.

Fat Nads Nadler, the lying hypocrite gasbag Democrat Hutt, is chief among the scum who won't be called out by the Democrat Media Machine for his lies and complete 180 on "obstruction" from 1998 to 2019.

5 posted on 04/21/2019 10:18:02 AM PDT by an amused spectator (Mitt Romney, Chuck Schumer's p*ssboy)
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To: South Dakota

6 posted on 04/21/2019 10:20:33 AM PDT by an amused spectator (Mitt Romney, Chuck Schumer's p*ssboy)
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To: South Dakota

meanwhile clinton took money from the chinese military and authorized Loral missile guidance technology and cray super computers be sold to China.


7 posted on 04/21/2019 10:24:58 AM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: DeweyCA

Liberals point to Clinton and his subsequent impeachment as the reason for the Trump investigations. It started before that with the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings. Democrats were all about #metoo with Thomas and not so much with Clinton. Clearly, it has nothing to do qith women’s rights with Democrats and everything to do with power.


8 posted on 04/21/2019 10:26:33 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: DeweyCA

Not one stinking RAT Senator voted gulity. Not one. If you did not know RATs were organized crime, after that there was no denying it.


9 posted on 04/21/2019 10:39:09 AM PDT by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong.)
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To: DeweyCA

Starr protected Clinton


10 posted on 04/21/2019 11:52:44 AM PDT by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: morphing libertarian
meanwhile clinton took money from the chinese military and authorized Loral missile guidance technology and crazy super computers be sold to China.
And that Is why Clinon should have been impeached

In stead they did it for lying about sex. Starr was complicit. Maybe he was threatened? Does he have kids?

Those computers and the Loral missile guidance technology were de-classified by removing them from a protected area in government (defense dept) and into the commerce dept so they could be sold to the Chinese

That's why Ron Brown was killed. I believe he didn't like that and was going to turn on the Clintons so he was Arkancided.

Soon after the Chinese had the means provided by the secret missile guidance technology they had missiles targeting major cities in the USA

Thanks to the Clintons

11 posted on 04/21/2019 12:08:14 PM PDT by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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I thought Brown knew about selling seats on planes to trade missions.


12 posted on 04/21/2019 12:59:15 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: Syncro

after treaty with usia during a SOTU speech clinton proudly claimed no nukes aimed at the US

When he left office, China had 200 able to reach the west coast


13 posted on 04/21/2019 1:00:46 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: morphing libertarian

Treaty with Russia


14 posted on 04/21/2019 1:01:07 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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I’m sure he did

He obviously knew enough dirt on Clintons to seriously hurt them which is why they took him out


15 posted on 04/21/2019 1:12:51 PM PDT by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: morphing libertarian

after treaty with usia during a SOTU speech clinton proudly claimed no nukes aimed at the US***

I’m sure he did say that

Big lie

That is one of the main reasons that China illegally financed his campaign for prez

Funny no investigation into that that went anywhere

That’s what he should have been impeached for; and convicted in the Senate


16 posted on 04/21/2019 1:15:49 PM PDT by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: DeweyCA

Bump.


17 posted on 04/22/2019 8:45:43 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd ( Import the third world and you'll become the third world.)
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