| Submit your comments on this article |
| Home Front: Politix |
| Mueller's Ignorance Of Fusion GPS Proves His Investigation Was A Sham |
| 2019-07-27 |
| [The Federalist] Robert Mueller's testimony before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees provided yet further proof that the entire special counsel investigation was a political witch hunt. While Democrats succeeded in eliciting affirmative responses from Mueller to their dramatic reading of the special counsel report at Wednesday's prosecution of President Trump in absentia, it was Mueller's ignorance when queried about Fusion GPS that exposed both the proceedings and the special counsel probe as a sham. In what he surely saw as an introductory question, Rep. Steven Chabot asked Mueller to confirm that the name of the firm that produced the Christopher Steele dossier was Fusion. "I'm not familiar with that," the former special counsel responded. Taken aback by Mueller's ignorance, Chabot stressed, "It's not a trick question," before attempting to ask Mueller about Fusion GPS and the Steele dossier. "This is outside my purview," Mueller testified. How is that even possible? In his opening statement, Mueller stressed that he agreed to serve as special counsel because he thought "it was of paramount interest to the nation to determine whether a foreign adversary had interfered in the presidential election." "The order appointing me as special counsel directed our office to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election," Mueller continued. Yet here he was, telling Congress that Fusion GPS and the Steele dossier were outside of his "purview." But the Steele dossier built the entire case of Russia collusion. It justified the four Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act surveillance orders on former Trump adviser Carter Page. It detailed supposed connections between Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen and the Kremlin. Had anyone truly believed there was collusion between Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia, they would have pulled every thread in the Steele dossier to see if something stuck. Rep. Matt Gaetz knew this, and said to Mueller: |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #1 "This is outside my purview," Mueller testified. How is that even possible? Simply another method of avoiding the question. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-07-27 04:28 |