'Beyond the Scope'? Seriously?

realclearpolitics.com ^ | 8/1/2019 | By John C. Eastman

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The much-touted testimony of Special Counsel Robert Mueller before the House judiciary and intelligence committees last week yielded little beyond what was already in the “confidential” report Mueller submitted to the attorney general (and that has largely been made public). But there was one dramatic revelation from the testimony that should give every American pause, because it reveals not only a complete dereliction of duty on the part of the special counsel and his team of crack prosecutors, but also one of the greatest political scandals in American history.

When asked about meetings between Glenn Simpson, the co-founder and president of Fusion GPS, and Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, whose clients include high-ranking Russian officials, that occurred both the day before and the day after Veselnitskaya’s 20-minute meeting at the Trump Tower in New York with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort, Mueller declined to answer because the question was, he claimed, “beyond the scope” of his investigation. This is stunning, for it revealed that Mueller and his team believed they were tasked only with investigating Russian contacts with the Trump campaign, not Russian interference in the 2016 election more broadly.

The actual appointment letter, signed by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on May 17, 2017, in his capacity as acting attorney general, asserts that the appointment of Special Counsel Mueller was made “to ensure a full and thorough investigation of the Russian government’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.” It authorized the special counsel to conduct the investigation confirmed by then-FBI Director James Comey in testimony before the House intelligence committee on March 20, 2017, “including” the following:

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[monkeyshine]

I beg to differ with the author. The appointment letter specifically names the Trump campaign. It does not name the HRC campaign. While one may broadly interpret that “matters arising from the investigation” to include other candidates in the electioon - it is clear that in intent, origin, design and execution that the entire Mueller fiasco was a scheme to get Trump and only Trump. They didn’t care much at all about the broader issue of Russian interference, nor the specific issue of collusion between foreigners and any other campaign.

[outpostinmass2]

I agree with you as well. The letter does not specify investigating links between Russia and Clinton. Which tells me everything about this investigation. It was a sham.

[Bob Ireland]

***it revealed that Mueller and his team believed they were tasked only with investigating Russian contacts with the Trump campaign, not Russian interference in the 2016 election more broadly

Finally! Someone has figured it out. DoJ will not give us the Scope Memo and Mueller would not answer - NO ONE ASKED [it would have been my first question] - just what his 'scope' of investigation was.

What a bunch of stumble bums! ;^) So it appears that Mueller's scope was to ONLY investigate Trump. Outrageous!!!

[bitt]

Then we REALLY need to see the fourth FISA that RR signed ..

[Carriage Hill]

Wasn’t it, “beyond my purview”?

[Trogladite]

So it begs the question, what was in his scope. Apparently it included the taxes of Paul Manafort which required a 2:00 am “no-Knock” raid on his home and family.

[Gay State Conservative]

So it begs the question, what was in his scope.

Impeachment.