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Robert Mueller, special counsel who investigated Trump-Russia ties, dies at 81
(www.theguardian.com)
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He rattled a lot of cages, but did nothing with what he uncovered. He was disappointing as special counsel.
It would help if you read the actual report. Mueller got quite a bit of evidence, but then was hit by obstruction of justice by Trump and his admin at DOJ. Then Trump's AG, Barr, misrepresented the content of Mueller's actual report. It's only a few hundred pages, all of which are worth the read. Pay attention to the footnotes, there's good stuff in there.
Trump's campaign DID collude with Russia to interfere with the 2016 election. They ALSO broke the law by obstructing justice after Trump was inaugurated.
https://www.justice.gov/d9/report.pdf
He had enough evidence to state the conclusion clearly.
It's obvious he wanted Congress to do that part, but he still needed to say it.
Even so, he did fight the good fight, and I'm not going to hate a man for a slight miscalculation of strategy that only became obvious with hindsight.
Most people read biased summaries based on Bill Barr's misleading statements. A few people read the report summaries for Part I and Part II, which downplay the severity of Trump's misconduct. But the actual text, and footnotes, really show just how corrupt Trump was in 2015-16 and how much he relied on foreign interference from Russian intelligence to win that thing. And then hide it with a coverup run by DOJ (which was then Jeff Sessions as AG).
There are plenty of things he's done in his life worthy of criticism but this isn't one. What did you expect him to do? He was sent to investigate and he did just that it's not like he had any authority over anyone.
I expected him to clearly state his conclusions, out loud, in front of Congress and the media, where everyone could hear him. Not play coy and let the Republicans "interpret" (i.e. deny and bury) it.
I was under the impression that he did a lot for what the system allowed him to do.