747

I think you’re picking fly poop out of pepper at the moment.

The fact is, Mueller is well aware of the findings of his own report, but he didn’t do it alone. Dozens of staff contributed to the project but he held the final word on what went in.

In Medicine, the Principal Investigator of a study, whom often speaks about the results in conferences, usually never writes a single word or spends a single minute doing research.

I can imagine Law is little different from this.

And if anyone out there wonders how to spot the Principal Investigator on a Paper, its not the first person listed on the study but the last.

On any medical research paper the first two and the last two people listed are the only ones that matter, because when you search for an article those are the only 4 that show up.

So I get Mueller and where he is coming from. He is the PI.

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748

So let me get this straight. He knows these people lied and destroyed evidence but he decided not to prosecute them?

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749

So the house is excused for their incompetence because of the presumed incompetence of the senate. If we’re dealing with the hard fast facts of the Mueller report, shouldn’t it be incumbent on the house to do the right thing anyway?

750

It’d probably be best to address that question to Aaron Zelby. He’s more familiar with that portion of the report.

751

Yeah I dont get it either…I’m not sure how you prove they deleted the evidence if they use erasing apps

752

Is that what the media was doing when they chastised Barr for not reading the underlying evidence? I’m simply pointing out the hypocrisy.

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753

Impeachment is and always has been a political undertaking.

The two Presidents that were actually impeached did nothing wrong that warranted such impeachment…they were impeached because their political enemies wanted them out.

The one President that should have been impeached wasn’t because he quit before it could happen and then was pardoned (although there I will say Ford truly thought he was doing the right thing because Nixon’s pardon killed him politically).

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754

So even with a preponderance of evidence, politics prevents them from impeachment? I mean, this should be a slam dunk, right?

755

We’ll see. Hasn’t happened since before my grandfather was born.

756

Could you please provide where I said that it was incompetence of certain Senators? It is my understanding that the impeachment process is a political process in this era. Further I suspect that what the Democrats are investigating is whether there should be an impeachment process put into place.

Perhaps you can indicate whether Trump’s personal and company financial records should be available to the House Committees to help in the determination of whether Trump should face impeachment?

757

Some have been prosecuted or are pending trial. The other’s on the WH staff (i.e. Hope Hicks) Mueller may have tried to prosecute. It is my guess that if he did it might be the case that Sessions, Whitaker or Barr didn’t pursue them.

758

After 2 1/2 years of digging, the dems need a bigger shovel.

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759

I accept your acknowledgement that I didn’t call certain Senators incompetent.

760

In today’s world where people manufacture their own realities and make sure they are surrounded in such fact-free bubbles?

Not a chance.

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761

It is only a slam dunk if you have a lot of Republicans and the majority of the public backing it. For the most part the Republicans on the hill are backing Trump. And the polls of the public are worse then a year ago. If impeachment was started now it would carry until the next general election. And the House would approve it but the Senate would not vote him out of office. So the calculus of Pelosi is (at this time) not to muddy the campaign with a impeachment. There is the possibility that the Democrats could loose the House over it. The Democrats who are the most vocal about starting impeachment for the most part come from safe, blue districts.

762

We acting like that smaller shovel didn’t turn up a ton of ■■■■■ Or acting like it only counts if it’s Trump specifically and not his admin or campaign?

763

The inference was there, your failure to specify is on you. But go ahead, incompetence, neglect, corruption, whatever you infer, throw double at the dems in the house for not proceeding.

764

That pretty much sums it up. Largely a complete waste of time, but that pretty sums up the role of Congress.

765

You either have actionable evidence or not. Dems aren’t jumping on it, looks like a big NO. Sorry they got anyone’s hopes up.

766

Or if they deleted any evidence