Durham/Mueller Reports: Valuable Bookends

Then why, pray tell, didn't Durham charge anyone with any of these crimes?
To protect a corrupt system he’s a member of.

The telling takeaway from Durham is that in spite of the obvious hyper-politicization, weaponization, and corruption his report identifies, he doesn’t call for heads to roll. If you were a victim of these offenses would you tolderate this? If Americans widely knew all that went on, would they tolerate this? In what other profession would this be acceptable?
 
Durham couldn't make the such charges stick as he couldn't prove any such claims beyond a reasonable doubt.

Even the one case he did manage to get a plea deal for was shaky. Which is why Durham offered 400 hours of community service to settle a felony charge he wasn't confident he could try and win.

And given Durham's absymal record in court, where he lost every trial, Durham was probably right to offer such pat on the wrist.

Mueller found *buckets* of criminal activity when investigating Trump. And got 8 convictions, and over 30 indictments...with most of the folks indicted still at large.

And Mueller managed that in about half the time.
Mueller and his anti Trump team had nothing. FYI the Durham report contradicts the Mueller report.
 
Or why did he not put in his report they committed those crimes at a minimum?
I don't want to heap too much credit on guys like Mueller and Durham, but I suppose it's possible they've gone completely rogue and are still somehow committed to duty and honor and honesty -- in which case there is CLEARLY something WRONG with them -- and wanted to be conservative and not stretch too much.

However, it could also be that they're painfully aware of the current fucking insanity that has gripped this country and didn't want to make waves that were too big.
 
The release of the Durham report provides a helpful bookend to the Mueller report, a reminder that two opposing things can exist simultaneously in the universe, and yet another example of how America would benefit if both ends of the spectrum would clean their own fucking house instead of just pointing the finger:

Durham says the FBI essentially engaged in confirmation bias, especially on stories like the Carter Paige FISA request and the Steele Dossier. They went too hard, too fast and too far with available information, and that plays right into the hands of the GQP's ongoing rage against any government agency (unless that agency does something they like, of course, like Comey causing Hillary great harm right before the 2016 elections). So the Durham report is a gift to the GQP and keeps that whole conspiracy culture running at full speed. Way to go, FBI, it looks like you were pretty biased, and that looks like shit. This kind of thing has to fixed and stopped, now.

AT THE SAME TIME, the Mueller report manifested in indictments of +/- 30 people, including REAL RUSSIAN OPERATIVES, securing REAL CONVICTIONS of several Trump associates, from George Papadopolous to Paul Manafort to Mike Flynn to Rick Gates. So clearly there was communication between the Trump campaign and the Russians, and we know that the campaign was asking for Russian assistance on getting dirt on Hillary. Was their actual collusion, where plans were made and carried out? Mueller could not prove that, although he did say that a pursuit of Trump obstruction by Congress would be appropriate.

The final score on this? Yes, the GQP is correct that there was (and maybe is) bias at the FBI, and that makes it perfectly fair to wonder if that's just the tip of the iceberg. And yes, Trump and his campaign leaned on one of our two most dangerous adversaries for help in 2016. This cuts across our entire political spectrum, and denying/ignoring that only makes things worse.


The mueller report was a political witch-hunt packed with lies
 
Durham couldn't make the such charges stick as he couldn't prove any such claims beyond a reasonable doubt.

Even the one case he did manage to get a plea deal for was shaky. Which is why Durham offered 400 hours of community service to settle a felony charge he wasn't confident he could try and win.

And given Durham's absymal record in court, where he lost every trial, Durham was probably right to offer such pat on the wrist.

Mueller found *buckets* of criminal activity when investigating Trump. And got 8 convictions, and over 30 indictments...with most of the folks indicted still at large.

And Mueller managed that in about half the time.
DC Courts……
 
To protect a corrupt system he’s a member of.

The telling takeaway from Durham is that in spite of the obvious hyper-politicization, weaponization, and corruption his report identifies, he doesn’t call for heads to roll. If you were a victim of these offenses would you tolderate this? If Americans widely knew all that went on, would they tolerate this? In what other profession would this be acceptable?

The telling take away is that Durham doesn't actually claim crimes were committed in his report.

You do.
 
Mueller and his anti Trump team had nothing. FYI the Durham report contradicts the Mueller report.

Other than the 30+ indictments and 8 felony convictions plus milliions of dollars in fines that more than covered the cost of his investigation.
 
Mueller exonerated Trump and his campaign.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller said Wednesday that charging President Donald Trump with a crime was “not an option” because of federal rules, but he used his first public remarks on the Russia investigation to emphasize that he did not exonerate the president.

“If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so,” Mueller declared.

 
Why isn't Jo Biden being investigated for having classified documents at his home office? Documents he had as a senator.
Wow. Did Faux not News omit this tidbit?

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Thursday that he was appointing a special counsel, former U.S. attorney Robert Hur, to review the storage of sensitive documents discovered in spaces used by President Joe Biden during the years preceding his return to the White House

 
WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller said Wednesday that charging President Donald Trump with a crime was “not an option” because of federal rules, but he used his first public remarks on the Russia investigation to emphasize that he did not exonerate the president.

“If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so,” Mueller declared.


Most right wing talking points require an ignorant audience.
 
Wow. Did Faux not News omit this tidbit?

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Thursday that he was appointing a special counsel, former U.S. attorney Robert Hur, to review the storage of sensitive documents discovered in spaces used by President Joe Biden during the years preceding his return to the White House

So when are democrats going to start that investigation on Biden having classified documents in his private office as a senator and vice president?
 

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