As Robert Mueller’s witch hunt (or as it’s called in the media, “Special Counsel“) investigation has been going on for over a year, and despite all the headlines, it has yet to find any collusion between the Trump administration and Russia.
Yes, there have been indictments of Russians who interfered in the election – but a grand total of zero colluded with the Trump campaign while doing so. As for the Trump campaign members indicted – there isn’t a single indictment that stems from allegations of Russian collusion. Michael Flynn and George Papadopoulos pled guilty to lying to the FBI, while Paul Manafort and Rick Gates face charges of tax evasion and money laundering.
Again – absolutely nothing to do with Russia. There’s a saying that if a cop follows anyone for 500 miles, they’ll find an excuse to pull them over, and that’s clearly the case here. As the Counsel continues, some wrongdoing may be uncovered, but nothing to do with the Counsel’s stated goal. If that’s not a sign of a witch hunt, I don’t know what is.
Regardless of the reality of the Special Counsel as a politically motivated “investigation,” the media (particularly CNN) can’t get enough of it. President Donald Trump sent out a tweetstorm this morning, calling on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end the Special Counsel.
He also quotes Alan Dershowitz in his first two tweets.
“FBI Agent Peter Strzok (on the Mueller team) should have recused himself on day one. He was out to STOP THE ELECTION OF DONALD TRUMP. He needed an insurance policy. Those are illegal, improper goals, trying to influence the Election. He should never, ever been allowed to……..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 1, 2018
…..remain in the FBI while he himself was being investigated. This is a real issue. It won’t go into a Mueller Report because Mueller is going to protect these guys. Mueller has an interest in creating the illusion of objectivity around his investigation.” ALAN DERSHOWITZ….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 1, 2018
Then he turns his attention to Sessions and cited that fact that every lawyer on the Counsel that’s donated to political candidates have donated to Democrats.
..This is a terrible situation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now, before it continues to stain our country any further. Bob Mueller is totally conflicted, and his 17 Angry Democrats that are doing his dirty work are a disgrace to USA!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 1, 2018
Paul Manafort worked for Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole and many other highly prominent and respected political leaders. He worked for me for a very short time. Why didn’t government tell me that he was under investigation. These old charges have nothing to do with Collusion – a Hoax!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 1, 2018
Trump’s tweet comes before the trial of his ex-campaign chief Paul Manafort entered its second day in federal court in Virginia. As previously alluded to, Manafort is being tried by Mueller’s team of lawyers. Sessions recused himself from the investigation in March, before Mueller took over, and there’s speculation that Trump wants Sessions to resign. Back in May, Trump posted a quote from a Trey Gowdy “Fox & Friends” appearance to his Twitter, in which Gowdy speculated that Trump wished he appointed someone other than Sessions.
He then added his own brief message to the end: “And I wish I did!”
Rep.Trey Gowdy, “I don’t think so, I think what the President is doing is expressing frustration that Attorney General Sessions should have shared these reasons for recusal before he took the job, not afterward. If I were the President and I picked someone to be the country’s….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2018
….chief law enforcement officer, and they told me later, ‘oh by the way I’m not going to be able to participate in the most important case in the office, I would be frustrated too…and that’s how I read that – Senator Sessions, why didn’t you tell me before I picked you…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2018
….There are lots of really good lawyers in the country, he could have picked somebody else!” And I wish I did!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2018
Given the rocky relationship between the two, it’s anybody’s guess whether or not Sessions will grant Trump his request in ending the Special Counsel. But given that the word “collusion” doesn’t not a word that appears in any criminal statute that Mueller is examining, it would be the right thing to do. If there was any real evidence of Russian collusion, it would’ve already been uncovered long ago.
