Very good analysis and theory as to how the Mueller investigation was ended. On its simplest terms, it appears to me it was around the application of a particular statute and the context in which it could be applied.
To: Mean Daddy
2 posted on
05/01/2019 4:35:43 PM PDT by
isthisnickcool
(Say what you will about The Donald, but he has all the right enemies.)
To: Mean Daddy
I emailed this article to a friend earlier today.
It’s great.
3 posted on
05/01/2019 4:36:02 PM PDT by
CaptainK
('No collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker')
To: Mean Daddy
Thanks for posting this!
From the article...
For our purposes, it is enough to understand this:
Mueller adopted an expansive, acontextual, and
constitutionally questionable interpretation of § 1512(c)(2)
and used it to justify an extensive investigation into
potential obstruction of justice by President Trump.
Barrs interpretation of § 1512(c)(2) which was far more
textually and constitutionally sound would have made it
almost impossible for Mueller to justify investigating Trump
for obstruction of justice.
~Easy
4 posted on
05/01/2019 4:36:52 PM PDT by
EasySt
(Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see #KAG)
To: Mean Daddy
Long, but an outstanding essay. No wonder the liberal long knives are out for Barr.
To: Mean Daddy
7 posted on
05/01/2019 5:10:16 PM PDT by
karnage
To: zot; The Shrew
8 posted on
05/01/2019 5:12:24 PM PDT by
Interesting Times
(WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
To: Mean Daddy
Excellent article by the author....and I thought Wilt Chamberlain was only a GREAT basketball player.
9 posted on
05/01/2019 5:14:13 PM PDT by
newfreep
("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" - DAVID HOROWITZ)
To: Mean Daddy
10 posted on
05/01/2019 5:14:48 PM PDT by
onyx
To: Mean Daddy
Checkmate. How President Trumps legal team outfoxed MuellerBy giving Mueller access to every document and WH staffer Mueller wanted. /only partially sarcasm
11 posted on
05/01/2019 5:34:50 PM PDT by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason.)
To: Mean Daddy
Its actually a delusional analysis. . . In that the President has complete executive privilege against having to reveal anything, while this statute unconstitutionally claims that preventing such revelation of privilege could be construed as obstruction of justice. That is not possible. In addition, it claims that the
any person who prevents another from appearing to give testimony could be considered to have committed obstruction of justice, and the article is arguing that the President of the United States, even when he could invoke such claim of privilege, would be obstructing justice. They are implying this general statute to the specific case of the President of the United States, something which cannot be done. The Courts have ruled that the President enjoys absolute executive privilege when he chooses to invoke it. This article claims that Mueller was arguing that it doesnt apply to a Special Counsel. Hes wrong.
The article was also claiming that Barrs previous letter objecting to the appointment of a special counsel was all about this particular section of the law. . . When that was not the case at all. Barr was objecting to the appointment first due there being no underlying predicate named crime to be investigated under the Special Counsel statutes and regulations, then second, he was objecting about the fact that appointing officer, Rod Rosenstein being hopelessly compromised in multiple ways was compromised by being a witness, a potential subject of investigation, and a personal friend of one of a potential target and witness, and also a personal friend of the appointing officer, all completely contrary to the intent and literally words of the statute. The Letter Barr wrote had very little to do with Obstruction of Justice, except for the overall general affect such flaws the appointment itself would have on any potential cases it might eventually cause to be indicted. The articles author attributes to Barr the ability to either know Muellers theory of investigation of Obstruction, or an ability to absurdly foresee the future which he then insanely attributes to Barrs inclusion in his letter.
12 posted on
05/01/2019 5:39:27 PM PDT by
Swordmaker
(My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplaphobe bigot!)
To: Mean Daddy
Good read. Explains a lot about how this Mueller Coup was ended.
To: Mean Daddy
Excellent article. Thank you for posting it.
16 posted on
05/01/2019 6:26:42 PM PDT by
Colonelbuzzsaw
(USAF AIR BATTLE MANAGER, retired, Trump supporter, Hurricane Michael survivor)
To: Mean Daddy
To: Mean Daddy
If Trumps legal team thought that Sessions needed to go, they probably would have been reluctant to advise Trump to fire him right away, with a bruising Supreme Court confirmation battle coming up, followed by the midterm elections. Instead, one suspects that Trump and his team decided focus on getting their Supreme Court Justice confirmed, and to hold off on firing Sessions until after the midterms...Yup. Some of us called this scenario. Trump wanted Sessions gone but he waited until after the SC battle and until after the mid terms.
To: Mean Daddy
If anyone checked ALL of Mueller’s team, these are the alpha dogs of obama and clinton regimes. All are de facto America haters and they got checkmated by American patriots. Amazing.
20 posted on
05/01/2019 8:54:06 PM PDT by
max americana
(Fired libtards at our company for the past 12 yrs at every election. I hope all liberals die.)
To: Cboldt
Will Barr eventually have to argue about the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2) before SCOTUS?
23 posted on
05/03/2019 5:56:19 AM PDT by
ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
(Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe)
To: Mean Daddy
A wide interpretation of 1512(c) would be chilling indeed - that kind of language would practically make it illegal to defend oneself from anything.... even if completely innocent, which was kinda the point here.
The related scary part would be that while THIS DOJ AG is taking the more narrow interpretation, who’s to say how that will play in the future?? This is far from a ‘settled’ interpretation since it’s just that: an opinion and not a ruling.
27 posted on
05/03/2019 9:08:49 AM PDT by
alancarp
(George Orwell was an optimist.)
To: Mean Daddy
Excellent read. Thanks.
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