Special Counsel Robert Mueller broke his silence Wednesday morning, and in a 10-minute press conference, told reporters: His investigation is over, he’s leaving the Justice Department, and returning to private life; If he testifies before Congress, he will only repeat what’s in the repor[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Mueller’
March 26th, 2019 - 1:37 pm § in Donald Trump
Vindicated? Really? That’s laughable.
Republicans are claiming vindication, but is it really? That doesn’t stand up to objective analysis. First, Barr’s letter. Trust, but verify. We shouldn’t attack his conclusions without cause, but we haven’t seen Mueller’s words yet, only Barr’s characterization o[...]
March 25th, 2019 - 8:59 pm § in Donald Trump
Describing Trump in 5 words
Barr: “No prosecution …” Mueller: “… does not exonerate.”[...]
March 25th, 2019 - 4:49 pm § in Donald Trump
When the Russians tried to subvert our election, no one in the Trump camp reported it.
That may not have been illegal, but it didn’t do right by the American people. Mueller didn’t find that Trump or his campaign colluded with Russian intelligence operatives to influence the outcome of the 2016 election — but this is something less than definitive, because Trump was [...]
March 25th, 2019 - 12:25 am § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy
As Trump Channels Goebbels
HIDING BEHIND COLLUSION Trump may have pulled of the biggest propaganda feat since Hitler. He has turned “no collusion” into evidence of patriotism. The media reaction to the Mueller report is bizarre. The charge in the report was to investigate the claim that Russia interfered on be[...]
March 24th, 2019 - 1:46 pm § in Donald Trump
The principal findings
1. Russia interfered with the 2016 election 2. Mueller didn’t find collusion by the Trump campaign 3. Mueller did not exonerate Trump of obstruction, but the AG won’t prosecute him for obstruction In a letter to Congress, which you can read in entirety here, the Attorney General summariz[...]
November 7th, 2018 - 12:26 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
TRUMP FIRES SESSIONS
Move undoubtedly presages effort to shut down Mueller probe and suppress its findings. President Trump sacked Attorney General Jeff Sessions Wednesday afternoon. He will be replaced by Mathew G. Whitaker, the attorney general’s chief of staff and a vocal opponent of the Mueller investigation, [...]