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Fifth Column
Mueller Report Concludes it was Not Needed
2019-04-23
[The Hill] How would you like to spend two years and $30 million assembling a report that concludes you were not needed in the first place? Voilà: the Mueller report. Nice work if you can get it.

The report is appropriately thick, D.C. thick. It takes more than 400 pages to state the obvious: There was no collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians to swing the 2016 election. Zip. Nada. Nothing to see here.

It goes on to tee up a question about obstruction of justice that the special counsel was not asked to investigate ‐ and then doesn’t answer it. Wait. What?

These are some of the most elite prosecutors in the country, and they went full Hamlet on a legal determination a third-year law student would knock down between Budweisers. This is what we get for $30 million? Make a call; that’s your job as prosecutors.

Kevin R. Brock, former assistant director of intelligence for the FBI, was an FBI special agent for 24 years and principal deputy director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC).
Posted by:Bobby

#9  After reading the rest of it Inam sad to agree with you, Frank.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-04-23 22:59  

#8  TW - Jay may be temporarily saved, especially after watching the scuppering of the USS Bill Kristol Weakly Standard Cruise Ship, but he will likely flip like a switch with a Dem Socialist Anti-Trump Candidacy. I remain cynical (as you know). I used to subscribe to NRO and am disgusted by their response to Trump
Posted by: Frank G   2019-04-23 20:54  

#7  Just read the rest of it. The gentleman hasn’t changed his mind about Mr, Trump, he just dislikes the Deep Staters morez
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-04-23 19:05  

#6  Did Jonah Goldberg and anti-Trump couch have anything to say? F*ck them

Frank G, it’s Jay Cost , whoever that is, and he’s seen the light. Opening paragraph:

The release of the Mueller report this week was a revelatory moment for me. I realized that, some time ago apparently, I crossed a political Mendoza line, where I am now more disgusted by Donald Trump’s opponents than I am by Trump himself.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-04-23 15:48  

#5  The writer clearly exposed himself as being as arrogant as those he criticized.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2019-04-23 15:45  

#4  So the Mueller--Weissmann report states no collusion. If there is no collusion and there was not a crime, how can there be obstruction of justice for a non-crime? Early on, Page and Strzok said in an email, "there's no there there? The Mueller counsel ought to be sued for white-collar corruption and fraud. We didn't need a 430 page report that was spread over more than two years.

There was not a mention of the elephant in the room in the pants suit.
Posted by: JohnQC   2019-04-23 09:03  

#3  #2 - NRO link - Did Jonah Goldberg and anti-Trump couch have anything to say? F*ck them
Posted by: Frank G   2019-04-23 08:57  

#2  The Mueller Report Exposes the Absurdity of the Governing Class
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-04-23 07:33  

#1  Fooled me! I was betting on the Bee.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-04-23 00:39  

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