The Mueller investigation is, as a whole, a fraud. Let's examine first when a Special Counsel is to be assigned:
The regulations set forth (28 C.F.R. 600.1) a three-part analysis for determining whether to appoint a special counsel. First, the Attorney General must determine that “criminal investigation of a person or matter is warranted.” Then, he or she must determine whether investigation or prosecution of the “person or matter” by a U.S. Attorney’s Office or a Justice Department litigating division would present either “a conflict of interest for the Department” or “other extraordinary circumstances.” Finally, a further question is to be asked, namely, whether “it would be in the public interest to appoint an outside Special Counsel to assume responsibility for the matter.
https://www.brookings.edu/testimonies/attorney-generals-special-counsel-regulations/
Key words, "CRIMINAL investigation warranted".
Now look at Mueller's assignment:
Robert S. Mueller III is appointed to serve as Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice.
(b) The Special Counsel is authorized to conduct the investigation confined by then-FBI Director James B. Comey in testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on March 20, 2017, including:
(i) any links and/or coordination between 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).
(c) If the Special Counsel believes it is necessary and appropriate, the Special Counsel is authorized to prosecute federal crimes arising from the investigation of these matters.
(d) Sections 600.4 through 600. l 0 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations are applicable to the Special Counsel.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/967231/download
The primary reason for this investigation was "any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump"
There is no crime in this. So basically, the investigation was purely a fishing expedition because someone people didn't like won an election. That is not what this country stands for and is about.
We do not investigate people simply because we don't like how an election went or because we don't like them. We investigate based on criminal activity that is believed to have occurred.
Discuss?
The regulations set forth (28 C.F.R. 600.1) a three-part analysis for determining whether to appoint a special counsel. First, the Attorney General must determine that “criminal investigation of a person or matter is warranted.” Then, he or she must determine whether investigation or prosecution of the “person or matter” by a U.S. Attorney’s Office or a Justice Department litigating division would present either “a conflict of interest for the Department” or “other extraordinary circumstances.” Finally, a further question is to be asked, namely, whether “it would be in the public interest to appoint an outside Special Counsel to assume responsibility for the matter.
https://www.brookings.edu/testimonies/attorney-generals-special-counsel-regulations/
Key words, "CRIMINAL investigation warranted".
Now look at Mueller's assignment:
Robert S. Mueller III is appointed to serve as Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice.
(b) The Special Counsel is authorized to conduct the investigation confined by then-FBI Director James B. Comey in testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on March 20, 2017, including:
(i) any links and/or coordination between 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).
(c) If the Special Counsel believes it is necessary and appropriate, the Special Counsel is authorized to prosecute federal crimes arising from the investigation of these matters.
(d) Sections 600.4 through 600. l 0 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations are applicable to the Special Counsel.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/967231/download
The primary reason for this investigation was "any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump"
There is no crime in this. So basically, the investigation was purely a fishing expedition because someone people didn't like won an election. That is not what this country stands for and is about.
We do not investigate people simply because we don't like how an election went or because we don't like them. We investigate based on criminal activity that is believed to have occurred.
Discuss?