Mueller Report
Muellers Legacy
An impeachment inquiry becomes an all-encompassing endeavor. While ongoing, it tends to push into the background, almost to the point of oblivion, all other legislative work. It certainly sucks oxygen from the rest of Congress’ other executive-administrative oversight functions. The Mueller report gives Democrats good reason to verbally bash Trump. As for the substance of impeachment, the Mueller report provides too little fodder for a serious attempt to charge the president with “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” Obviously there was not enough evidence to justify a charge of illegal conspiracy with Russian entities. The obstruction of justice question is more nuanced. Mueller’s investigation into Trump’s election campaign and accusations of Russian involvement foun...[Read More]
Former FBI in the limelight
The FBI fired Peter Strzok in August of 2018, a top agent who was in Mueller’s team investigating the Trump campaign’s Russian ties. The firing was in response to the discovery that he had regularly sent politically charged text messages to a colleague and lover, Lisa Page expressing his contempt for Trump. It is alleged that his bias may have helped create the Russian collusion narrative that the media has been running with for almost 2 years. Strzok played a central role in the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private email server and helped launch the counterintelligence investigation into links between Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and Russia. Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page and former FBI agent Peter Strzok discussed a so-called “insurance polic...[Read More]
Gates of Impeachment
Images: Jerry Nadler (Dem) – Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee , William Barr (Rep)- Attorney General and Bob Mueller (Dem) Special Counsel. Chairman Jerry Nadler specifically cites Attorney General William Barr as a liar, yet Mueller on Wednesday went out of his way to call Barr honorable. A day later, Mueller and Barr issued a joint statement insisting they have no conflicts about the report. “Impeachment is a political act, and you cannot impeach a president if the American people will not support it” . Chairman J. Nadler But his party’s left wing is howling for it, as are many of its presidential candidates. To appease the left, he is going to educate the public about Trump’s evil. “We have to get the facts out. We have to hold a series of hearings, we have to hold the in...[Read More]
Impeachment Hysteria
The Mueller report was clearly not the end of the Democratic witch-hunt. Let’s just break this down. The final dollar amount of Mueller’s probe is estimated between $32 and $35 million. About 30 or so House Democrats out of the 238 are pursuing the Impeachment path. Also, this doesn’t appear to reflect the general public’s position at all and is merely a sign of the ‘loud squeaky wheel screaming for attention’. I’m talking about the frenzied media who have not relented in their effort to silence the ‘fake news’ radar. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought to simmer down the intensifying calls to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday by stressing patience and highlighting that only a small number of Democrats are calling for the move. ...[Read More]
Mueller Report Indictments
As an extension to the Mueller Report tale, which really has been the focal point in mainstream news lately, let us cover the indictments resulting from the investigation. 6 former Trump advisers, 26 Russian nationals, 3 Russian companies, 1 Californian man, and 1 London-based lawyer. The charges include both election interference against the overseas Russians, and various other crimes by American Trump advisers. The Trump advisers did NOT conspire with Russian officials to impact the election. Five of the advisors have pleaded guilty to other crimes. Manafort and Gates were charged with a series of offenses related to their past work for Ukrainian politicians and their finances. Papadopoulos and Flynn both admitted making false statements to investigators to hide their contacts with Russi...[Read More]