Posted on 10/19/2017 4:49:18 PM PDT by be-baw
Much has been written about the prosecutorial prowess of Robert Mueller’s team assembled to investigate allegations of Russia’s involvement in the Trump campaign. Little has been said of the danger of prosecutorial overreach and the true history of Mueller’s lead prosecutor.
What was supposed to have been a search for Russia’s cyberspace intrusions into our electoral politics has morphed into a malevolent mission targeting friends, family and colleagues of the president. The Mueller investigation has become an all-out assault to find crimes to pin on them — and it won’t matter if there are no crimes to be found. This team can make some.
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Sessions needs to be dragged into this. He’s not that bright. Who told him to appoint Mueller.
Placemark
Sessions did not appoint Mueller. He recused himself, and his deputy, Rob Rosenstein did it, supposedly without discussing it with Sessions.
Thanks for clarifying. You’re correct. I’d run Sessions recusal together with Muellers appt. The two don’t necessarily follow, and did not in this instance.
I still don’t think, however, Sessions is that bright beyond possessing the avg politicians well developed instinct for self-preservation.
Bing! Bing! Bing!
We have a winner.
Politics Jun 21, 2017 1:48 PM EDT
Politics Jun 21, 2017 1:48 PM EDT
WASHINGTON — The team of lawyers investigating potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign is still growing, but its early composition reveals a breadth of experience in RICO law and in savoring the money.
The team includes; former Fulbright Scholar in (sic) Russia, a former FBI counterterrorism agent, a prosecutor who took down mobsters, and others from Whitewater 1990.
At the top is Bob Mueller, 12 years director of the FBI including Uranium One
No Est;
ANDREW WEISSMANN: Federal prosecutor in New York City, where he prosecuted members of the Gambino, Colombo and Genovese families.
Between 2011 and 2013, he was the FBI’s general counsel under Mueller.
Est,19000USD per day
MICHAEL DREEBEN: A criminal law scholar, the deputy solicitor general represented police use of GPS tracking to monitor the whereabouts of suspects and whether seemingly threatening online posts could be treated as criminal acts.
Est,7000USD pre day
AARON ZEBLEY: An FBI special agent, “counterterrorism” investigations, also served as a failed national security prosecutor with Chinese espionage cases.
Est,7000USD pre day
JAMES QUARLES: An assistant special prosecutor in the Watergate neutralizing President Richard Nixon.
Est, 22000USD pre day
LISA PAGE: A trial attorney in the Justice Department’s organized crime and gang section. Prosecuted, the Lucchese organized crime family and Bulgarian nationals in a money laundering.
Est,4500USD pre day
JEANNIE RHEE: Another WilmerHale partner, served earlier in her career as an assistant United States attorney in the District of Columbia
Est,2800USD pre day
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ELIZABETH PRELOGAR: Fulbright Scholar who studied in Russia.
Est,2800USD pre day
Rabin
Red flag?
Sydney Powell thinks Mueller should be gone. That's not just a signal. That's a pretty straight forward indication that Mueller is corrupt and should be gone.
True. But Sessions thinks that both Mueller and Rosenstein are honorable.
The Hill has had an anti-Trump slant for some time. For them to allow this piece to be published there is an indication (to me at least) that something is lurking out there that is going to help Trump in a big way, and they want to head that off.
Rosestein was involved in the Clinton Cash Uranium One Russian buy scandal. He is no one who should be trusted. As soon as I heard he was from Baltimore, I suspected he would be terrible for conservatives.
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