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Alberta’s Child,

Thanks for your thoughtful response, and please know that I do value and respect your opinions, especially your “out of the box” perspective you are well known for.

In your post, you did a very good job of identifying Congress’s limitations, with regard to actual criminal investigations, specifically with regard to their (and my) request of a new, second, special counsel, by reminding everyone that special counsel would still have to report to someone in the DOJ! This is a very important dichotomy to highlight, since it is rarely mentioned by anyone calling for a new special counsel.

Unfortunately, based on the current set of laws, and tools for justice that currently exist, special counsels are no longer available to be directly responsible to Congress. This is probably for the best, due to the over-proliferation of special counsels, by Congresses who were politically opposed to the President, which have the result of continually paralyzing overall government.

However, in this case, it’s still the best tool available. I appreciate your suggestion of a “shadow DOJ” and won’t argue that it wouldn’t be the best overall solution, long term, other than to say it’s just not practical right now.

Based on reports, Mueller is very likely preparing charges against the President’s son-in-law, if not his son, which could throw this whole saga into uncharted, uncontrollable waters. Charges that I feel would be unfair, considering the more obvious crimes of the previous administration that have gone without legal response.

Therefore, in addressing your original point of unavoidable DOJ oversight, I submit to you the only true overall solution, is to re-populate the DOJ with persons more reliable than Sessions and Rosenstein, whose character has unquestionably been assaulted lately based on their continued support of Mueller’s witch hunt. These new appointees could better oversee any potential second special counsel to investigate the DOJ.

This is aligned with how I believe this may play out. Let Nunes and the other Congressional committees release their reports, if not charge Sessions and Rosenstein with Contempt of Congress, as they have been threatening. This of course isn’t the same as a criminal contempt charge, but it would embolden Trump to roll Sessions and/or Rosenstein’s heads, if he feels that is necessary. Then put in the ServPro team, so to speak, to clean up the mess.

Lindsay Graham’s request for a new and second special counsel just this weekend is a major indicator of how this may play out. Remember, he is the one that said that Trump would have quote “Holy Hell to pay” if he fired Sessions. But with Graham now calling for a second special counsel, Sessions is now on much thinner ice if he continues to resist appointing one.

Thanks again for your excellent analysis. Hopefully I didn’t make too many mistakes in this long post on New Year’s Eve, but feel free to let me know if I did.

Happy New Year! And God Bless America.