“Mueller’s mandate is worded so vaguely that he can investigate almost anything he wants.”
Ken Starr started by investigating Whitewater and we wound up with Lewinsky. Sucks having the shoe on the other foot, but its to be expected when you’re in power.
Aside, Comey's grant to Fitzgerald was deliberately outside the regulations - Comey was a jerk about that, basically making Fitzgerald an independent Attorney General.
Mueller is bound by all of 28 CFR 600
That means his jurisdiction and any modification of it has to be approved by Rosenstein. See 28 CFR 600.4(b). Rosenstein can't duck accountability for Mueller's scope of jurisdiction. He may try to, but I don't think Trump and public pressure will allow him to.
Starr didn't have that regulatory limitation, and thanks to Comey specifically removing Fizgerald from 28 CFR 600, Fitzgerald had free reign too, although he appears to not have violated the regulations.
Mueller is demonstrating disrespect for the regulations, if he hasn't followed 28 CFR 600.4(b). And by all news accounts, Mueller has violated this regulation.
Ken Star was working under a different law. The democrats replaced it with the law we have now, which is much more constrained. Muller is going to find that out soon . . . very soon.
In 1998-1999, there were only a couple of Democrats militantly opposing the Republican impeachment attempt.
There will be MILLIONS of Trumpkins militantly opposing a Congressional usurpation and coup.
They should be getting that weird ghostly feeling around their necks just about now, as a precursor of events to come...