Working to wrap up a report on Trump’s alleged obstruction in the FBI probe into Russian collusion, 73-year-old former FBI Director Robert Mueller hopes to interview Trump before completing his report. Yet the likelihood of Trump submitting to an FBI interview while in office is slim-and-none—and well it should be. Mueller doesn’t need Trump’s testimony to figure out whether or not he has any evidence to support claims that Trump obstructed justice. At the heart of Mueller’s case is the May 9, 2017 firing of former FBI Director James Comey. Comey said himself May 10, 2017 that Trump had every right to fire him based on his executive power granted by Article 2 of the Constitution. Whether Comey was fired or not, the FBI’s probe into Russian meddling and alleged Trump collusion went ahead, with-or-without Comey. Yet Mueller continues to work on his obstruction case.
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s 500-page report June 14 criticized Comey and the FBI for breaching protocol or “insubordination” in the Hillary Clinton email investigation. Horowitz mentioned nothing of substance about the investigation, including how FBI and Department of Justice [DOJ] ignored former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton paying to have her private email server purged of 33,000 emails and physically destroying 12 cell phones. If that’s not obstruction of justice then what is? But Mueller proceeds to finish his obstruction case against President Donald Trump based almost exclusively on firing Comey. Deputy Atty. Gen. Rod Rosenstein provided all the justification needed May 10, 2017, stating emphatically that Comey breached DOJ protocol, mishandling Hillary’s email investigation, especially public grandstanding before the 2016 election.
Trump’s friend and legal counsel former N.Y. Mayor Rudi Giulani stirs the media’s hornet’s nest, suggesting he’d use Mueller’s findings to discredit the Special Counsel. Instead of letting Mueller complete his job, Giuliani’s trying the Special Counsel’s case in the court of public opinion. “We want to see if we can have the investigation and Special Counsel declared illegal and unauthorized,” said Giuliani, driving the press wild. Any speculation about Trump sitting down with Mueller at this point is useless. There’s zero advantage to Trump sitting down with Mueller when the Special Counsel’s case of obstruction looks so weak. When Mueller finishes his obstruction report, it’s not likely to lead to any conclusions, other than more partisan polarization. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) thinks whatever’s in Mueller’s report, it will lead to more partisan bickering.
Partisan reporting has watered down anything Mueller finds. Instead of looking for the truth, the Democrat-friendly media want to confirm that Trump obstructed justice firing Comey. While the Democrat-friendly press puts all their hope in Rosenstein, they can’t have it both ways: Rosenstein the savior, Rosenstein the villain. Today’s anti-Trump press doesn’t want to cite Rosenstein’s detailed three-page explanation for firing Comey. Rosenstein’s letter matches the conclusions of DOJ IG Horowitz, concluding that Comey breached protocol and was “insubordinate.” Instead of reporting facts, the press cherry-picks the story to make its case against Trump. Mueller’s case against Trump almost exclusively stems from his firing of Comey, something Rosenstein agreed with. Yet if you read reports from the New York Times and Washington Post, you’d think Rosenstein opposed Comey’s firing.
Mueller’s report isn’t expected until after November’s Midterm elections, avoiding a repetition of what Comey did Oct. 29, 2016, announcing publicly he was reopening Hillary’s email investigation. “Even if the report is a devastating indictment of Trump, the political tribalism in the country is so deep and won’t suddenly go away,” said Peter Wehner, an oft-cited Trump critic in the liberal press. Cherry-picking quotes from Trumps’ enemies doesn’t lend credibility to press reports about Mueller’s investigation. Democrats and their friends in the press want to do everything possible between now and the Midterms help turn the House and Senate to Democrats. Conservative Washington Post columnist George Will said yesterday that Mueller’s probe into Russian meddling and alleged Trump Russian collusion was unconstitutional—not helpful to Democrats.
With a new Quinnipiac poll showing the public losing patience with Mueller’s probe, the press wants the public to believe it’s because of brainwashing by the Trump White House. Ignoring the IG’s report calling Comey “insubordinate” or Rosenstein’s May 10, 2017 letter giving the reasons for Comey’s firing, the press shows its anti-Trump bias. No where does the presa like to talk about the anti-Trump email exchanges during he campaign, nor anything about the Obama administration’s DOJ, FBI and National Security Agency [NSA] wiretapping the Trump campaign based on Hillary’s paid opposition research as “probable cause.” No, the press wants to talk only about the Trump White House discrediting the Special Counsel. What’s the White House supposed to do? Accept the press’s biased accounts of what happened in the 2016 presidential election or push back.