Posted on Jun 9, 2018
Opinion | We Republicans must all speak out to protect the Mueller investigation
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An OpEd piece by Dick Thornburgh, who served as Attorney General under President George H.W. Bush from 1998-1991.
I have often observed in members of my party the readiness. even eagerness to impugn and slander a dedicated and (previously) universally respected public servant like Robert Mueller with mixed disappointment and disgust. People who would have (and did) sing his praises now outright accuse him of of corruption and criminal conspiracy.
Robert Mueller is a combat decorated Marine who's also a Republican who's served this nation honorably for decades, even giving up a highly lucrative private law practice to become a U.S. attorney and prosecute killers and mobsters. He's literally one of the best of us (whether you consider "us" to be Veterans, Republicans or Americans).
I have often observed in members of my party the readiness. even eagerness to impugn and slander a dedicated and (previously) universally respected public servant like Robert Mueller with mixed disappointment and disgust. People who would have (and did) sing his praises now outright accuse him of of corruption and criminal conspiracy.
Robert Mueller is a combat decorated Marine who's also a Republican who's served this nation honorably for decades, even giving up a highly lucrative private law practice to become a U.S. attorney and prosecute killers and mobsters. He's literally one of the best of us (whether you consider "us" to be Veterans, Republicans or Americans).
Opinion | We Republicans must all speak out to protect the Mueller investigation
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This went from investigation to witch hunt long ago. The switch came went the crime it was created to investigate was not found and it turned to looking for a crime, any crime. Maybe there was one, but this is not the legal way of going about it.
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MSG Stan Hutchison
We do not know what the investigation has or has not learned regarding the Russian meddling and any American involvement. Let the investigation finish.
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SSgt Gary Andrews
Well, Captain Jack......here's how things have progressed during this "witch hunt" - We went from "there were no meetings with the Russians" to "We had an introductory meeting with the Russians" to "We had a meeting with the Russians to talk about adoptions" to "We did meet with the Russians to try and get dirt on Hillary, but we didn't get it, so what?" Now we have gone from "No collusion, no collusion, no collusion" said over and over for the past year, to "Collusion isn't a crime"........and we've gone from "I didn't know anything about any payments to keep women from telling their stories" to "The tape was doctored"......and we've gone from "I didn't know anything about the meeting in Trump Tower" to "President Trump didn't 'attend' the meeting in Trump Tower"......the lies keep getting exposed, as new lies are formulated in their stead. Looks like the witch hunt is exposing quite a few witches.
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The investigation has cost too much and it has uncovered little. Additionally, it has divided this country to a point like never before.
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How do you think Mueller’s appointment lies with Comey? Rothstein named him after Sessions recused himself. FBI had nothing to do with it, it was all AG.
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Cpl Bernard Bates
The investigation didn't divide the country Trump did. You don't know what the investigation revealed because mueller hasn't issued a report yet. It took over 2 yrs to investigate Nixon. Why are you in such a hurry to get this over with. I don't care how long it takes I just want the Truth. Putin is a communist like it or not.
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A duly elected President has been under attack since day one with not one shred of evidence and Republicans must all speak out to protect the Mueller investigation? Pass.
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MSgt Steve Sweeney
CMSgt (Join to see) - Ah yes, the appeal to emotion argument. Personally, I feel using the blood of dead Americans to advance a political agenda a bit untoward. Perhaps if we focused more on who actually attacked the consulate rather than trying to pin it on a government official, especially a single government official, we would be better off.
Tell me, what do you know of the diplomatic security funding cycle? As if U.S. embassies and diplomatic facilities (Benghazi was a consulate, not the embassy... details) had never been targeted or attacked before. And not to mention the fact that the U.S. was engaged in a global war on terror, making the consulate a legitimate government target... Beirut, Tanzania, Kenya, Peru on the other hand... but yeah, the consulate in Benghazi was the real "crime". No. The ONLY reason Benghazi received the attention it did was because one political party decided to grease their agenda with the blood of dead Americans, and had no qualms about doing so.
Tell me, what do you know of the diplomatic security funding cycle? As if U.S. embassies and diplomatic facilities (Benghazi was a consulate, not the embassy... details) had never been targeted or attacked before. And not to mention the fact that the U.S. was engaged in a global war on terror, making the consulate a legitimate government target... Beirut, Tanzania, Kenya, Peru on the other hand... but yeah, the consulate in Benghazi was the real "crime". No. The ONLY reason Benghazi received the attention it did was because one political party decided to grease their agenda with the blood of dead Americans, and had no qualms about doing so.
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MSgt Steve Sweeney - I actually agree with everything you wrote. Had the Obama Administration been transparent I don't believe this would have been an issue.
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MSgt Steve Sweeney
CMSgt (Join to see) - Perhaps, but we also have to consider what they were doing in a consulate in Benghazi with a large CIA presence in the first place. It probably seems shady, and I am sure it likely was (guns into Syria), but I guarantee you that operations of that sort have been going on long before the Obama administration... and covert/clandestine operations normally have a cover story. Granted, the messaging was very ham handed and handled poorly, but that does not excuse trying to pin the blame for American deaths on a single person for political reasons.
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