(02-22-2018 04:23 PM)Redwingtom Wrote: (02-22-2018 03:55 PM)WKUYG Wrote: (02-21-2018 03:29 PM)Redwingtom Wrote: (02-21-2018 02:48 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote: (02-21-2018 02:39 PM)Redwingtom Wrote: FWIW - I've said on record probably a dozen times that I do not want him impeached. I'd rather he just resign in disgrace.
Additionally, if the Mueller investigation ends with no finding of collusion, I have no problem whatsoever agreeing with that decision as long as nothing shady is unearthed...and I don't expect there to be.
In that case, would you conclude that it was a useful expenditure of time and money? Just asking.
Based on the indictment of the 13 Russians and those 3 companies. YOU BETCHA! As was mentioned earlier or in another thread, this investigation was into Russian meddling, not trump collusion.
Hopefully we got this and will get the rest done in time to try and limit the Russian impact this November. That is if our worthless excuse for a defender of America and the Constitution president actually follows his oath of office!
Link to the bold part? or maybe I was mistaken?
Quote:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/us/po...ation.html
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department appointed Robert S. Mueller III, a former F.B.I. director, as special counsel on Wednesday to oversee the investigation into ties between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, dramatically raising the legal and political stakes in an affair that has threatened to engulf Mr. Trump’s four-month-old presidency.
The decision by the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, came after a cascade of damaging developments for Mr. Trump in recent days, including his abrupt dismissal of the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, and the subsequent disclosure that Mr. Trump asked Mr. Comey to drop the investigation of his former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn.
Mr. Rosenstein had been under escalating pressure from Democrats, and even some Republicans, to appoint a special counsel after he wrote a memo that the White House initially cited as the rationale for Mr. Comey’s dismissal.
By appointing Mr. Mueller, a former federal prosecutor with an unblemished reputation, Mr. Rosenstein could alleviate uncertainty about the government’s ability to investigate the questions surrounding the Trump campaign and the Russians.
Mr. Rosenstein said in a statement that he concluded that “it is in the public interest for me to exercise my authorities and appoint a special counsel to assume responsibility for this matter.”
https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-releas...1/download
However, while not specifically named, collusion was a subset of the original appointment.
If we go by your link...it's directly opposite of the bold part I asked for a link to.
Let me quote you again..."this investigation was into Russian meddling, not trump collusion"
Below is a copy and paste from your link and
(i) was the reason for the investigation to see if anyone from Trumps team, including Trump concluded with the Russian Government.
(ii) & (ii) are any overt acts from (i)
The Special Counsel is authorized to conduct the investigation confinned by then-FBI
Director James 8. Corney in testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence on March 20, 2017, including:
(i) any links and/or coordination bet ween the Russian government and individuals
associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump; and
(ii) any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation; and
(iii) any other matters within the scope of 28 C.F.R. § 600.4(a).