Mueller is WAY OUT OF LINE if he is looking for crimes not associated with the Trump campaign, which didn't even exist before 2015.
DOJ Order 3915-2017 has a clear scope, and it does not include money laundering that predates the Trump campaign.
(b) The Special Counsel is authorized to conduct the investigation confirmed 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).
Operating outside of this authorization would be grounds for removal, or at least grounds to REJECT any recommendation for prosecution outside of the authorized scope.
Mueller and Rosenstein should be called on to make a public statement regarding reports that Mueller is investigating crimes that happened before the campaign came into existence. Rosenstein is responsible, himself, for the jurisdiction that Mueller takes. Yes, he can defer, but the ultimate decision for limiting the jurisdiction is Rosenstein's, and he exercised that power in DOJ Order 3915-2017.
That’s what I think. Investigation into Trump’s personal finances, or anybody’s that was connected to him, that has nothing to do with the campaign time period or Russia is outside the scope.
Financial dealing are within the scope as is anything he finds while Investigating.
Trump can point out conflicts..but if he fires mueller it will blow up in his face at this point. As I believe Jim N. said early on..he needed to do the firing right away.
Trump clearly doesnt want his taxes or business dealings Investigated. Doesnt mean he did anything wrong in them..might just fear leaks..and rightly so.
Rosenstein needs to be told what the rules are to rein in his dog Mueller.
Mueller and Rosenstein should be called on to make a public statement regarding reports that Mueller is investigating crimes that happened before the campaign came into existence. Rosenstein is responsible, himself, for the jurisdiction that Mueller takes. Yes, he can defer, but the ultimate decision for limiting the jurisdiction is Rosenstein’s, and he exercised that power in DOJ Order 3915-2017.
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yup. rosenstein would be a good point of contact for the pressure to keep mueller in line.
No disagreement there! I'll simply restate what I said in one of my initial posts: We all know that the job of a special prosecutor is to find "something" to pin on "someone" to justify the existence of the special prosecutor in the first place.
A special prosecutor finds something on someone, then transitions to making that person the fall guy. Prosecute, prosecute, convict, imprison/besmirch that person, ruin their lives, then call it a day and go home.
That is exactly what every special prosecutor has done in my lifetime (I'm going on 55) so the pattern to me seems pretty clear.
I've yet to see a special prosecutor stay within the boundaries they were given and IIRC the one time a President acted against a special prosecutor to remove them that President was threatened with impeachment and removal before resigning in disgrace.