What has he done or said in his role as Special Counsel to warrant being fired?
"Robert Mueller is superb choice to be special counsel. His reputation is impeccable for honesty and integrity. Media should now calm down" -- Newt Gingrich, May 18th 2017
Well,
we know how truthful and loyal Gingrich is. Just ask his wife (s).
Thank you for sharing the opinions of the myriad of voices that inhibit the void between your ears.
Meanwhile back on Earth, still waiting for someone to point out what Mueller has done or said to warrant being fired from his role as Special Counsel.
Several reasons:
- Close associations with Comey
- Comey's own testimony that his leaks were intended to cause the creation of Mueller's position
- Leaks to the press by Mueller that Trump is under investigation
- Leaks that Obstruction is their primary focus
Any questions???
Time to educate the speds.
Mueller was former FBI director James Comey's predecessor.
The longtime litigator was the second-longest FBI director in history, only behind iconic and controversial director J. Edgar Hoover. Congress passed legislation in 2011 to extend Mueller's term from the usual 10 years, giving him a 12-year tenure.
Mueller, 72, oversaw the FBI from September 4, 2001, just days before the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, until September 4, 2013.
Mueller is widely seen as a nonpolitical, dogged investigator, respected on both sides of the aisle. The extension of his term passed the Senate 100-0, and he was also initially confirmed in 2001 unanimously, 98-0.
Since leaving the FBI, Mueller has not been a stranger to high-profile investigations.
In 2015, Mueller conducted an
inquiry into the NFL's handling of a video of former running back Ray Rice punching his then-fiancée. And last year, Mueller was
asked by Booz Allen Hamilton to conduct a security review after a contractor was arrested for allegedly stealing national security secrets.
Philip Mudd, a CNN contributor and former deputy director of the FBI's national security branch under Mueller, praised the appointment to CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Thursday.
"Every American who thinks that this is a moment of turmoil, whether they like the President or not, should breathe easy tonight: Robert Muller is solid ground," Mudd said.
"He is not one of the best, Robert Mueller, he is the best I ever saw. Leadership, judgment, decision-making," he added. "There is nobody better at doggedly pursuing a target without being subjected to any pressures from Congress, the President, the media, anybody in the FBI, the attorney general, the deputy attorney general. There is nobody better."
Atop the FBI, Mueller saw the bureau through a time of tremendous change in a post-9/11 world. His tenure saw the rise of al Qaeda as a threat, the vast expansion of US surveillance capabilities and an increase in the threat from home-grown terrorism. Mueller reflected on the changes in an exit
interviewwith CNN in 2013, saying the intelligence collection capabilities the US built since 9/11 could possibly have stopped part of the attacks.