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Rod Rosenstein Is Shirking His Duty to Supervise Robert Mueller |
2018-01-31 |
Why, to ask Barack Obama some questions." Sure, there are a lot of people who’d like to do that ‐ Obama’s a very interesting guy. But see, I’m not just "a lot of people." I’m a federal prosecutor, just like Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Thanks to this nifty federal grand jury we’ve empaneled here in Montana, I’ve got subpoena power, just like Mueller. Let’s back up a bit. After my weekend column, it occurred to me that a hypothetical was in order, to demonstrate the sorts of things a self-absorbed, unrestrained prosecutor can do. My column argued not only that President Trump should refuse to be questioned by Mueller’s alpha-prosecutors, but that it would be wrong for Mueller to seek to interview the president of the United States unless he can first show cause that (1) a serious crime implicating the president has been committed and (2) the president is possessed of testimony that is both essential to proving the crime and unobtainable by alternative means. In response, some commentators who were sympathetic to this standard wondered how it would be enforced. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#3 My understanding is that McCabe did the questioning if one can even call it that. It was not under oath, notes were not taken, and no video was made. One has to wonder if the "interrogation" was instead a skull session to exonerate her and flesh out the plan to take down Trump. No wrath like that of a scorned and rejected |
Posted by: JohnQC 2018-01-31 15:52 |
#2 Rod Rosenstein Is Shirking His Duty to Supervise Robert Mueller Define "duty" . . . . And I think that Trump should be given the same treatment as Hillary when she was questioned. Softball, unrelated questions. No witnesses, no recordings, no notes. |
Posted by: gorb 2018-01-31 13:01 |
#1 A no limits investigation is too broad and can end up encompassing everything. He is a drag on the department as it is. |
Posted by: newc 2018-01-31 12:17 |