Russia Investigation Heating Up

[Fortybox]

I'm going to highlight everything in there that's pure opinion in red, the inaccuracies in yellow, and the facts in blue.

Most of that was just opinion, as you can see in the red. The rest blatantly inaccurate:

1) Rosenstein is his boss, and Rosenstein has had to sign off on every avenue of investigation. The DoJ submitted documentation of this to the Court.
2) There are literally hundreds of appointees in the Federal Government who don't require Senate confirmation. And the DoJ statute on appointing the Special Counsel was written BY the Executive Branch. The Executive Branch has the authority to determine how it does the vast majority most of its hiring. (And I already told you that this was affirmed by SCOTUS in US v Nixon, among other cases)
3) Just because a few of his team members have dual appointments doesn't mean they aren't bound by anything. For Mueller's investigation they still need Mueller's approval. For their other other appointments, they're bound by DoJ guidelines, their US Attorney, Rosenstein, and Sessions. And yes, they need approval to do things.


You actually only had one fact- that some members of his team have dual appointments. But your conclusion about what that means is wildly ignorant of how DoJ process works.

And, by the way, NO Prosecutor or investigator who uncovers evidence of a new crime while looking into an old one is going to ignore the new crime. Their job is to enforce the law. Stop acting like it's wildly inappropriate for them to prosecute crimes. That's literally their job. They have an ethical and statutory duty to report evidence of any crimes they uncover while doing their jobs. Trump and his friends don't get special treatment here.

At what point, in your opinion, would Mueller be overreaching in this investigation? At what point does it become too large?

[Fortybox]

Kind of. You're getting closer to the truth. He is charged with investigating the Russian connections and anything else that comes up. This will include things like money laundering, influence peddling, backroom deals etc...I suppose it could even extend to Kushners connections attempting to get his building refinanced and Ivankas precious trademarks. Basically, he is not instructed to turn a blind eye to law breaking. He's actually instructed to follow up on that and even bring charges when warranted.

Why is this so hard to understand? It's not changed from the beginning when trump, Gingrich and every other fucking "conservative" was all happy with Muellers appointment.

Perhaps he will send his gumshoes to investigate your crying. With his far overreaching power I'm sure there's a connection there somewhere.

Perhaps he'll find Carmen Sandiego too.

[Androidpk]

You're completely blinded by your hatred.

Mueller has become a rogue prosecutor with immense power AND who has not received direct supervision from his boss, like you make it out to be. He is not an inferior officer but quite arguably the most powerful attorney in America right now. Since he has not been appointed by the President nor confirmed by the Senate, his powers are unconstitutional.

Mueller's 4 henchmen basically have dual appointments with Special Assistant US Attorney status. They are not confined to the scope of the special counsel and have the ability to go outside any "confines".

Mueller is a roving US Attorney with broad overreach. He is NOT inferior by any means. There is NOTHING limited in scope, jurisdiction or power about this special council at all.

Anything this guy has done since last year is null and void.

You should really really stop getting your talking points from infowars and 4chan.

[Androidpk]

What the hell was Manafort thinking? Did he believe that he somehow encrypted his phone sufficiently to defeat the Justice Department of USA?

This is the same Manafort that doesn't know how to edit PDF files

[drauz]

This is the same Manafort that doesn't know how to edit PDF files

Like with a cloth or something?

[Wrathbringer]

Whatever trump's doing sure as hell isn't slowing down Mueller. It seems like there is nothing that happens with trumps guys that Mueller doesn't already know about. Not only are people coming out of interviews astonished that Mueller knows everything, but he's still got all their communications. LMAO. What the hell was Manafort thinking? Did he believe that he somehow encrypted his phone sufficiently to defeat the Justice Department of USA?

You're retarded.

[Neveragain]

Like with a cloth or something?

:Lol:

[Neveragain]

I'm assuming that from here on out the FBI placing spies within all presidential campaigns will be accepted as common place by all parties?

[cwolff]

I'm assuming that from here on out the FBI placing spies within all presidential campaigns will be accepted as common place by all parties?

One might assume that if one was plain stupid. It's shameful to see you debase yourself like this just to defend on indefensible man you're crushing on.

[Parkbandit]

I'm assuming that from here on out the FBI placing spies within all presidential campaigns will be accepted as common place by all parties?

Yes.. but you can't use the word "spy".

And you have to make it seem like you are doing it for their benefit.. not yours.