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Legal expert: Robert Mueller's Russia probe may be a bust because he was illegally appointed
AOL News ^ | October 30, 2017 | TROY FRISBY

Posted on 10/31/2017 7:03:48 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

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1 posted on 10/31/2017 7:03:49 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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“and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has said Mueller doesn’t report to him with day-to-day decisions”

Seriously? Rosenkranz, er, Stein admitted that?

There’s no provision in the enabling law for an SC to simply go off by himself and become the Grand Inquisitor beholden to no one. Who the hell died and made Bob Mueller King of America?


2 posted on 10/31/2017 7:08:18 AM PDT by Regulator
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Laws only apply to Republicans. The MSM will not care if the rules are broken to take down Republicans.


3 posted on 10/31/2017 7:09:36 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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Who the hell died and made Bob Mueller King of America?

Whoever has to...
Hillary Clinton


4 posted on 10/31/2017 7:10:48 AM PDT by eyeamok (Idle hands are the Devil's workshop)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Sadly, nothing will ever come of it.


5 posted on 10/31/2017 7:13:51 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
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To: Regulator

“Rosenkranz”

Thank you. Can’t be said enough.


6 posted on 10/31/2017 7:14:00 AM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Not the first time I’ve seen this theory, going back to the original appointment. There was an actual Congressman or two claiming it last week as well.


7 posted on 10/31/2017 7:14:08 AM PDT by Golden Eagle (Seeking the Light)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Legal expert: Robert Mueller's Russia probe may be a bust because he was illegally appointed

Probably true, but I expect this to garner as much action as a kenyan with a Photoshopped Fake Birth Certificate being removed as a usurper.

8 posted on 10/31/2017 7:14:12 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Uranium One = BRIBERY and TREASON - HANG THEM ALL!!!!)
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Who the hell died and made Bob Mueller King of America?

Sessions.

9 posted on 10/31/2017 7:15:17 AM PDT by pt17
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“Who the hell died and made Bob Mueller King of America?”

Deep Statist Rip van Sessions?


10 posted on 10/31/2017 7:16:10 AM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Sad, but true.


11 posted on 10/31/2017 7:27:25 AM PDT by lakecumberlandvet (Appeasement never works.)
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To: eyeamok

This almost feels like a built-in Failsafe —

Scenario #1) Mueller is King of America with unlimited power to get anyone he wants. If he generates the desired outcome (Trump impeachment) then Scenario #1 is how things go.

Scenario #2) Mueller fails to generate the expected outcome — Oops! Ignore that man. Game over. Full stop. Don’t bother Tony Podesta! Mueller was illegally appointed, so we’ll just forget all about the whole thing.


12 posted on 10/31/2017 7:28:10 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Non-starter. We should recall what Roberts did for Obamacare. Judges will circle the wagons and find some way to justify Mueller because he’s part of the club and, besides, it is Trump at the focus. Sadly, no way would any judge discredit the investigation or their tactics.


13 posted on 10/31/2017 7:32:29 AM PDT by Reno89519 (PRESIDENT TRUMP, KEEP YOUR PROMISES! NO AMNESTY AND BUILD THAT WALL.)
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To: Golden Eagle

I’ve seem other people state that Mueller was illegally appointed because he was supposed to investigate collusion, which is not a crime. Special counsels are only supposed to investigate actual crimes.

In the end, Muller is a tool of the DC Swamp, which is trying to expel Trump from the Body-Politic for not being one of them.


14 posted on 10/31/2017 7:42:06 AM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Good luck with that.


15 posted on 10/31/2017 7:44:35 AM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: ClearCase_guy

Exactly how I’m interpreting this. Whata dang joke.


16 posted on 10/31/2017 7:47:28 AM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44
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To: rbg81

Yes, that’s another great point that you just made. The fact that Rosenstein appointed him at all, with no actual evidence of an underlying crime, is a violation of the Special Prosecutor statue as well. As usual though with any legal argument, “it depends one the judge” and I wouldn’t be surprised to see some of this end up in front of the Supreme Court.


17 posted on 10/31/2017 7:51:17 AM PDT by Golden Eagle (Seeking the Light)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Let the process unwind itself..i hoped there are good legal minds working for the good guys - and protected from evil


18 posted on 10/31/2017 7:54:48 AM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: Regulator

Very good point. The sealed indictments therefore amount to Bills of Attainder and are explicitly unconstitutional.

No wonder the whole proceedings sounded like the Court of Star Chambers. That’s exactly what it is.


19 posted on 10/31/2017 8:05:34 AM PDT by mywholebodyisaweapon (Thank God for President Trump.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

So what is anyone going to do about it? I suspect, nothing.


20 posted on 10/31/2017 8:10:16 AM PDT by arthurus
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