Before I start this thread, I repeat what I said when Mueller was appointed: he was a good choice bc he had credibility, trust at FBI, and was perceived as non-partisan.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/25/us/politics/robert-mueller-russia-investigation.html …
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And the notion that subpoenaing the president (by a guy whose FBI got Cheney in a quasi Grand Jury appearance?) would test limits of executive power? Maybe work on a more obvious theory.pic.twitter.com/qrOZiMcE9g
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Having just credited Rudy G's tripe, NYT here -- on issue of final report -- doesn't (smartly). Add in the fact that Rosenstein keeps saying overandoverandover indictments will do the talking.pic.twitter.com/voZAAMqfhs
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Anyway, I still think Mueller was the right choice for the job. My guess though -- and that's all this is -- is that this investigation is different for him.
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Neal Katyal, who wrote the special counsel regs that Mueller is operating under, has explicitly says that the way he wrote them actually gives preference to Mueller requesting to indict Trump. Why does this get so little attention?pic.twitter.com/CfZeIldkRK
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This is opaque. What strategy? Protections on democracy isn't grammatical. What does thus mean?
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I agree w/this My sense is Mueller is pissed at the abomination that is donny & the system since Citizens United that produced him & that he got roped back in to deal w/this Scheisse in his 70’s So if guys like
@PaulManafort &@MichaelCohen212 do time he’s ok w/it as deterrent -
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@mattapuzzo@nytimes pc fails to mention the best student of Mueller,@vermontgmg, who agrees w/@emptywheel that this investigation is one of a kind
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