Hope my getaway car and bag of cash are ready.
Posted on 06/01/2019 3:52:35 AM PDT by Kaslin
Was there ever a more useless press conference than that convened yesterday by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller? Words that came to mind as I watched the travesty were: unnecessary, irresponsible, and perhaps calculating.
The first words out of Mueller’s mouth indicated that he had nothing to say that hadn’t already been said in his 400-plus page report. Well, then why did he organize a press conference? If everything he had to say had already been said, then there was absolutely no reason for him to jump in front of the media. If he had a presser, he should have merely stated: “I have absolutely nothing to say except what was in my report. Thanks for coming.”
If he was being honest, and if he really didn’t have anything new to say, then his press conference was utterly unnecessary.
But Mueller continued, telling us what he claimed was already in his report. He took particular pains, though, to incite and reignite the flames of impeachment by explaining that IF he and his team of partisan lawyers had found President Trump innocent of obstructing justice, the report would have specifically said just that.
What a performance! Mueller, in an easy turn of phrase, flipped the entire constitutional scheme on its head. The President would have to, in Mueller’s world, prove his innocence. (And in Mueller’s world, President Trump could never prove his innocence.)
At best, Mueller’s superfluous and gratuitous press conference was irresponsible, but it appears to have been calculated to jump-start impeachment proceedings. He overtly indicated that his handpicked team of partisan attorneys had found misdeeds on the part of President Trump, but he couldn’t proceed to indict under Department of Justice guidelines.
Since Mueller knew that there was no collusion within a couple of months of initiating his investigation, as evidenced by the lapsing of FISA warrants, then why did he continue to investigate President Trump?
The most damning evidence Mueller’s team found was that President Trump allegedly directed his counsel, in frustration, to fire Mueller. But, even Don McGahn, the former White House counsel, didn’t take the president seriously. And while this directive was purported to take place, presidential and campaign staffers were made available for interviews, and the White House turned over millions of pages of documents. Not really damning at all…unless you are basing your investigation on partisan and ‘gotcha’ politics.
In short, this investigation was started illegitimately when former FBI Director James Comey leaked information to a friend in order to manipulate the appointment of Robert Mueller. Mueller persisted in the investigation even after he and his team apparently knew there was no Trump conspiracy with the Russians. Mueller allowed the cloud to hang over the president throughout the midterm elections. And, having released a report that exonerated the president on the collusion claims, Robert Mueller asserted that the president had to prove his innocence on obstruction allegations. Obstruction of what? An illegitimate investigation – with no underlying crime? Then the circle starts again.
The Mueller statement seems more than just reckless; it seems designed to power up the House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment crusade. And that makes Mueller calculating. If Mueller really meant that he had nothing to say but what is contained in his report, he didn’t need to have a press conference – or even issue a statement. If he merely intended to redirect public attention to his report as his final word, he could have issued a press release saying so. But instead, he pressed on, pointing to the need for Congress to act. And, for my Democrat friends, the preferred action is removal of the 45th president of the United States. Until then they will settle for the embarrassing scene and headlines of impeachment.
Did Mr. Mueller appreciate how the pro-impeachment cadre of Dems would respond to his public statement? I undoubtedly believe so. Robert Mueller is a bright individual who has been involved in the Washington scene for decades. He had to have known where his intemperate comments would lead.
Democrats are no longer satisfied with undermining the president and his agenda; they want to achieve their coveted goal of impeaching President Trump. Remember, some Democrats were talking impeachment the day after the president was elected in 2016.
Mr. Mueller’s press conference and statement was unnecessary and reckless. More than that, though, his performance was calculated to stimulate impeachment of the president.
A lot of people do not know that the best thing many times.
Is to keep your mouth shut.
What could be more unAmerican than the Left’s new mantra of “guilty until proven innocent”? It was the same mindset the communists used in the Soviet Union. Are we a free country or not? There can be no freedom if an accusation equates to guilt.
PDJT gave a well-received speech at the Air Force Academy after which he saluted and shook hands with 900 graduates. Did any MSM show even one minute of it?
Why did Mueller not comment on the FISA warrant and whether in his opinion, it was "predicated"?
You said it, and like the old saying goes: Talking is silver. Silence is golden.
Mueller exposed himself as a partisan and dirty cop. At the very least, he should be disbarred.
It’s funny how the Dem leadership is talking down impeachment after Mueller let the world know what he’s really like.
It is very impressive and amazing that our President Trump shook hands with all 900 grads! Go Trump Go!
I believe that Mueller was involved with the coup and knew from the start that there was no crime. He was preparing to frame Trump Trump with ‘something’ and Trump fired Sessions and hired one of his best friends. I bet a lot of stuff went through the shredder.
Mueller didnt get the job and Trump fired his best buddy Comey, then he investigated The President for 2 years $40 million with 20 Dem lawyers and came up with nothing, then holds a presser that gives more a political impression than a legal one, thus wiping out his status as decades-long Public Servant’ and replacing his legacy with ‘Partisan Hack’. His wife must be real proud her DemSoc party pounded her husband into a dust-Man. Awkward!
To wit: Meuller has “borne false witness’ against neighbor Trump.
Is it also possible that this is Mueller’s shot across the bow because he may be implicated when AG Barr declassifies and is trying to defend himself?
Sedition v treason (in svc to the globalist syndicate)
The prisoners’ dilemma gets very difficult when lotsa players involved.
Mueller: “The president is guilty till proved innocent...”
Hope my getaway car and bag of cash are ready.
If Muller had a scintilla of honor, he would have taken questions.
Though I agree with the author’s premise, he hasn’t read the federal obstruction statute. No predicate crime is necessary. The statute is very broad; over broad, IMO, to the point of unconstitutionality. That’s why the Mule was so hell bent on finding something, anything, on which he could have hung his hat.
If a supposedly great prosecutor like Bobby, using such an absurdly broad statute, could not find obstruction—it ain’t there. Nothing even close to actual obstruction ever happened.
Let the silliness play out. The current crop of crazies are the craziest to date. President Trump has done a stellar job of smoking them out.
Dems, traditionally, overshoot the runway every time. They will wear out the obstruction/impeachment nonsense as well.
Sane America does not want to kick out the guy who gave them a million more jobs than employees to fill them; bigger paychecks, and the jobs that “were never coming back”. That’s how rational America votes.
Non crazy America likes a show of strength in our dealings with foreign powers. If anyone ever told them about it, they would be happy to know that Trump’s troops crushed ISIS and destroyed the caliphate.
I would love to know how many flyovers could pick Bobby out of a lineup.
The dem platform?
IMPEACH!
Post birth baby slaughter.
Repeal the Trump Tax Cuts.
Gender chaos
Not an easy sell to non psychotic America. Made all the more difficult when you look at the caliber of the messengers.
Mueller's statement came across as unnecessary, irresponsible, and calculating.
Comey always looked like big dummy to me; now so does Mueller.
Do these people know that they have destroyed their reputations?
How embarrassing for our country!
If Mueller had any honor he wouldn’t be Mueller.
While the statute may not explicity require an underlying crime being obstructed, it does require corrupt intent, and it’s hard to establish that without an underlying crime, and to portray the things Trump did as something arising from some nefarious intent other than merely being upset about being falsely accused.
Notice that this same philosophy underpins the #MeToo movement of the Left?
If you are accused of sexual misconduct, then you must be guilty and your career and life must be destroyed. No evidence, no due process, no day in court.
That is the Left in a nutshell.
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