Republicans just got what they didn’t want: A special counsel

[Mileage Psycho]

God bless America 

Let the chips fall where they may  

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Republicans just got what they didn’t want: A special counsel

For all the fallout from the damning news surrounding President Trump this past week, Republicans calling for more investigations was not one of them.

As the world learned that Trump suddenly fired his FBI director, as the world learned the president told state secrets to the Russians, as the world learned that the fired FBI director said the president asked him to drop the FBI's investigation into one of the president's allies, the vast majority of Republicans in Congress didn't budge.

No, they didn't think a special counsel was necessary. No, they didn't think there would need to be any other kind of independent investigations. The ones going on in Congress (and the leaderless FBI) were sufficient enough, thank you.

It turns out Trump's own administration didn't agree. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced Wednesday that he was appointing a special counsel -- Robert Mueller, the head of the FBI from 2001 to 2013 -- to investigate Russia meddling in the presidential election. Mueller will have wide latitude to investigate Russia meddling, whether the Trump campaign helped, Trump's interactions with the FBI and anything else he wants.

"In my capacity as acting attorney general I determined that it is in the public interest for me to exercise my authority and appoint a special counsel to assume responsibility for this matter," Rosenstein said in a statement. (Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a Trump ally, has recused himself from all Russia investigations.)

This is exactly the opposite of what most Republicans in Congress had been saying needed to happen.

At the time Rosenstein appointed a special counsel, only four Senate Republicans publicly said they were open to the idea of a more independent investigation than what Congress and the FBI were undertaking. None of them explicitly supported a special counsel. (Only the Justice Department has the authority to appoint an independent investigator, but many Democrats have been publicly urging the department to do it.)

For months, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) had been saying Congress should set up a special congressional committee dedicated solely to investigating Russia, but he did not touch on the idea of a special counsel.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said he'd support a special counsel only if there was a criminal matter: "If it ever becomes a criminal investigation," he said on Fox News after Trump fired Comey, "then we'll talk about a special prosecutor. You don't need a special prosecutor for counterintelligence."

(Side note: A special counsel is answerable to the Justice Department. A special prosecutor would be totally independent from the government, but a law to set up a special prosecutor expired in 1999. But the terms are often interchanged colloquially.)

Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) told reporters there should be a special counsel only "if" the committees in the Senate and House investigating Russia "cannot get to answers."

Those are hardly ringing endorsements for what the Justice Department just decided to do.

In fact, up until this point, Republican leaders in Congress were saying no extra investigations were necessary:

"Today we'll no doubt hear calls for a new investigation," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on the Senate floor the day after Trump fired former-FBI director James B. Comey, "which could only serve to impede the current work being done.”

"We have a bipartisan commitment to get to the bottom of this Russian investigation,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.), the Senate's No. 2, said on Fox News Channel the same day. “Nothing will change by virtue of Director Comey's termination.”

Even Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), who is leading the Senate intelligence committee's investigation into Russia and said he was "troubled" by the firing of Comey, didn't make a move toward supporting a special counsel.

In the House of Representatives, we count 10 GOP lawmakers who were open to an independent investigation or special counsel, but almost all of them had already supported one before.

In other words: The majority of Republicans saw no need to escalate investigations into Russia — and, inevitably, to risk escalating their tensions with Trump — by supporting more investigations.

 

This is all despite the fact numerous polls found that a solid majority of Americans don't trust Congress to conduct its investigations fairly. A late April NBC-WSJ poll found 73 percent of Americans want an independent investigation.

Of course, now that the decision has been made for them, Republicans suddenly seem supportive of the idea of an independent lawyer with license to investigate what he wants for however long he wants.

As the news broke, Burr told reporters: "I think this is a good decision. By having someone like Bob Mueller head whatever investigation assures the American people that there’s no undue influence be it here or be it at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue or within the Justice Department or FBI.”

Perhaps the most vivid 180: Just hours before the announcement, Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.) was chatting with a Post reporter about why he a special counsel could be counterproductive. (Curbelo supports a special congressional committee dedicated to only Russia.): "What if you get someone like Ken Starr, who is erratic and really takes away credibility from the process?" he asked. "That’s very dangerous.”

Minutes after the announcement, Curbelo was on MSNBC with this: "This is something every American should be celebrating today. This will get us many steps closer to the truth."

That's not how a majority of Republicans in Congress felt before Wednesday's announcement.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/analysis-republicans-just-got-what-they-didn’t-want-a-special-counsel/ar-BBBfBdI

 

 

[Zambroski]

This has already been brought up here.  Or are you looking for a "gotcha" moment?

Fine by me....now will the Dems stop crying?  No chance. 

 

[ICEMAN!]

The new Trump Tower and wall

 

[Zambroski]

I think there are some nice betting opportunities out there for some of you.  EASY MONEY!

 

[DriftBusta]

I guess the gig is up.  

Breaking: FBI Uncovers Evidence That 62 Million Trump Voters are All Russian Agents

Yuri Silverbaum
New York Times
March 28, 2017

Anonymous sources within the FBI have revealed to The Times that they have new evidence indicating that everyone who voted for Donald Trump is an agent of the FSB (formerly the KGB). An unknown portion of these voters may have had their minds controlled by a Russian space-beam, agents close to the investigation say.

The allegation that 62 million Americans appear to be employed by Russian intelligence services has rocked the Bureau, and it is reported that multiple agents have taken their own lives, given that realizing just how deep this Russian hacking conspiracy runs blew their minds – literally.

This shocking new revelation comes after it was confirmed as a fact that Russia did Wikileaks because Donald Trump personally called Vladimir Putin and asked him to. It was also revealed earlier this week that Alex Jones (real name “Alexi Jonesinov”) is a Russian sleeper agent who was ordered by the FSB (formerly the KGB) to post news articles on the internet saying that Donald Trump would be a good President.

However, the revelation that 62 million Americans are taking orders directly from the Kremlin is a revelation of a whole other order, which FBI agents are struggling with how to deal with.

It was determined by Puerto Rican federal judge Mizu Tomazaki that it is a crime to support Donald Trump or to post positive things about him on the internet. 9th circuit judges Weinberg, Steinman and Goldenstein upheld the ruling. Despite this, the logistics of rounding up 62 million people and locking them in prison present a difficult task to overcome.

It may also be that not every voter is a direct agent of the FSB (formerly the KGB), and some may have been under the control of a mind control beam in space.

“We have not determined for sure that everyone who voted for Trump was paid directly by the Kremlin, given that it is highly possible that the Russians used a space-beam from a satellite to control their brains from a facility in St. Petersburg, and moved their bodies like puppets to the polls to check the Trump box,” one current agent familiar with the investigation told the times, describing the process of using a satellite-mounted space-beam to control people’s actions as “Russian neuro-brain hacking.”

This method was developed by the KGB, which became the FSB following the fall of the USSR.

What we know for a fact is that the only reason anyone would vote for Donald Trump is that they were being influenced, whether through cash payments, blackmail or space beams, by Russian agents from the FSB (formerly the KGB).

“If people were not beholden to Russia, they would have voted for Hillary Clinton,” a senior agent said, citing a definitive analysis by CrowdStrike, a contractor hired by the DNC to investigate Russian space-beam mind control.

When asked for comment on these reports by The Times, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the allegations of space-beam mind control by the FSB (formerly the KGB) were “ridiculous,” “outrageous” and “goofy.”

Senator Chuck Schumer called the response from Peskov “predictable,” adding, “what do you expect from the criminal Putinist regime that kills journalists, oppresses gays, invaded the Ukraine, murdered innocent Syrians and hacked our elections by controlling people’s brains with a space-beam?”

Upon hearing of the revelation of the fact that 62 million American voters are working directly for Russia, Senator John McCain has called for mass arrests. He referred to all Trump voters as “radical traitors to the core values and principles of democracy and human rights,” and demanded they be imprisoned and their homes given over to Syrian refugees.

Taking a softer stance, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan tilted his head, smiled and said he doesn’t know what’s going on.

NSA chief Mike Rogers said that though it is a well-established fact that going all the way back to Soviet times, the Russians have used space-beams to control people’s brains, he’s “never seen anything on this scale before.”

The Times also sought comment from President Trump; however, when asked about these allegations, he began screaming in Russian and jumped in a big truck and drove off down the road.

 

 

http://www.dailystormer.com/breaking-fbi-uncovers-evidence-that-62-million-trump-voters-are-all-russian-agents/

[Mileage Psycho]

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"In my capacity as acting attorney general I determined that it is in the public interest for me to exercise my authority and appoint a special counsel to assume responsibility for this matter," Rosenstein said in a statement. (Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a Trump ally, has recused himself from all Russia investigations.)

This is exactly the opposite of what most Republicans in Congress had been saying needed to happen.

 

 

[Zambroski]

4 minutes ago, DriftBusta said:

I guess the gig is up.  

Breaking: FBI Uncovers Evidence That 62 Million Trump Voters are All Russian Agents

Yuri Silverbaum
New York Times
March 28, 2017

Anonymous sources within the FBI have revealed to The Times that they have new evidence indicating that everyone who voted for Donald Trump is an agent of the FSB (formerly the KGB). An unknown portion of these voters may have had their minds controlled by a Russian space-beam, agents close to the investigation say.

The allegation that 62 million Americans appear to be employed by Russian intelligence services has rocked the Bureau, and it is reported that multiple agents have taken their own lives, given that realizing just how deep this Russian hacking conspiracy runs blew their minds – literally.

This shocking new revelation comes after it was confirmed as a fact that Russia did Wikileaks because Donald Trump personally called Vladimir Putin and asked him to. It was also revealed earlier this week that Alex Jones (real name “Alexi Jonesinov”) is a Russian sleeper agent who was ordered by the FSB (formerly the KGB) to post news articles on the internet saying that Donald Trump would be a good President.

However, the revelation that 62 million Americans are taking orders directly from the Kremlin is a revelation of a whole other order, which FBI agents are struggling with how to deal with.

It was determined by Puerto Rican federal judge Mizu Tomazaki that it is a crime to support Donald Trump or to post positive things about him on the internet. 9th circuit judges Weinberg, Steinman and Goldenstein upheld the ruling. Despite this, the logistics of rounding up 62 million people and locking them in prison present a difficult task to overcome.

It may also be that not every voter is a direct agent of the FSB (formerly the KGB), and some may have been under the control of a mind control beam in space.

“We have not determined for sure that everyone who voted for Trump was paid directly by the Kremlin, given that it is highly possible that the Russians used a space-beam from a satellite to control their brains from a facility in St. Petersburg, and moved their bodies like puppets to the polls to check the Trump box,” one current agent familiar with the investigation told the times, describing the process of using a satellite-mounted space-beam to control people’s actions as “Russian neuro-brain hacking.”

This method was developed by the KGB, which became the FSB following the fall of the USSR.

What we know for a fact is that the only reason anyone would vote for Donald Trump is that they were being influenced, whether through cash payments, blackmail or space beams, by Russian agents from the FSB (formerly the KGB).

“If people were not beholden to Russia, they would have voted for Hillary Clinton,” a senior agent said, citing a definitive analysis by CrowdStrike, a contractor hired by the DNC to investigate Russian space-beam mind control.

When asked for comment on these reports by The Times, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the allegations of space-beam mind control by the FSB (formerly the KGB) were “ridiculous,” “outrageous” and “goofy.”

Senator Chuck Schumer called the response from Peskov “predictable,” adding, “what do you expect from the criminal Putinist regime that kills journalists, oppresses gays, invaded the Ukraine, murdered innocent Syrians and hacked our elections by controlling people’s brains with a space-beam?”

Upon hearing of the revelation of the fact that 62 million American voters are working directly for Russia, Senator John McCain has called for mass arrests. He referred to all Trump voters as “radical traitors to the core values and principles of democracy and human rights,” and demanded they be imprisoned and their homes given over to Syrian refugees.

Taking a softer stance, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan tilted his head, smiled and said he doesn’t know what’s going on.

NSA chief Mike Rogers said that though it is a well-established fact that going all the way back to Soviet times, the Russians have used space-beams to control people’s brains, he’s “never seen anything on this scale before.”

The Times also sought comment from President Trump; however, when asked about these allegations, he began screaming in Russian and jumped in a big truck and drove off down the road.

 

 

http://www.dailystormer.com/breaking-fbi-uncovers-evidence-that-62-million-trump-voters-are-all-russian-agents/

You just saved his thread!!!!

2 minutes ago, Mileage Psycho said:

 

You just killed it.....again.

"EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE"

Dem world=hope, delusions and blame discarding fails as successes.

Now, if you could just get everyone to buy in!!!!!!!

DAMN FOX NEWS!!!!

 

 

[Ez ryder]

14 minutes ago, Zambroski said:

This has already been brought up here.  Or are you looking for a "gotcha" moment?

Fine by me....now will the Dems stop crying?  No chance. 

 

Um no Nancy is crying fowl already

[Zambroski]

Just now, Ez ryder said:

Um no Nancy is crying fowl already

You're fucking kidding me!

[Ez ryder]

no joke . he is not impartial . god forbid the guy has a set of nesting dolls in storage someplace  

[Rod]

Cool? And when this goes nowhere will wince quit crying? Nope.

[Zambroski]

2 minutes ago, Ez ryder said:

no joke . he is not impartial . god forbid the guy has a set of nesting dolls in storage someplace  

I said that in the other thread too.  Either they find the way the Demswant or "FRAUD!".  "LIES!", "CONSPIRACY!" ......."RUSSIA!"

Sniveling lying losers....the whole lot of them.

 

Just now, Rod Johnson said:

Cool? And when this goes nowhere will wince quit crying? Nope.

None of them will.  Fuck!  I'd Trump is found guilty...OUT THE MOTHER GOES!!!!!!  Easy as that. But if not....can we just move on?

DEMS: NOPE!

[Ez ryder]

Nancy already needing more.

from her site

“A special prosecutor is the first step, but it cannot be the last.  Director Mueller will still be in the chain of command under the Trump-appointed leadership of the Justice Department.  He cannot take the place of a truly independent, outside commission that is completely free from the Trump Administration’s meddling.  A special prosecutor does not negate the need for vigorous Congressional investigations either.

“The question also remains: will Mueller’s investigation include President Trump’s attempt to intervene in the investigation of Michael Flynn?  The American people have a right to the truth, free from the Trump Justice Department’s efforts to silence it.”

Edited May 18, 2017 by Ez ryder

[Zambroski]

7 minutes ago, Ez ryder said:

Nancy already needing more.

from her site

“A special prosecutor is the first step, but it cannot be the last.  Director Mueller will still be in the chain of command under the Trump-appointed leadership of the Justice Department.  He cannot take the place of a truly independent, outside commission that is completely free from the Trump Administration’s meddling.  A special prosecutor does not negate the need for vigorous Congressional investigations either.

“The question also remains: will Mueller’s investigation include President Trump’s attempt to intervene in the investigation of Michael Flynn?  The American people have a right to the truth, free from the Trump Justice Department’s efforts to silence it.”

It's just plain amazing.  Worthless fops.

[Ez ryder]

Worked for Bush and Obama. Former Marine. At the end of his career so nothing to gain or prove. Not a surprise, there is NO amount of evidence they will accept. The same party who refused for years to assign a Special Prosecutor in the Clinton Affair immediately rejects the very best.
 

[Momorider]

 

[Highmark]

Some things to ponder no matter who you support.

1. Mueller is highly respected.   When nothing is found the dems will not be able to control themselves and will look really bad being critical of his results and they will do it.   They are so filled with hate over Trump its insane.  Their refusal to accept anything but impeachment will only strengthen Trumps base.

2. This can now go many ways which why I approve so much.   He can go ANY direction he wants.   From the leakers to the umasking to the Comey firing.  Everything is on the table which is awesome.   I hope Trump embraces it.

3. Keep in mind the media's report on Comey's "memo" contradicts some of what he actually testified to.  Comey himself will have to answer to that.  If Trump committed obstruction of justice with his meeting with Comey then Comey committed a crime with not immediately reporting it and going after him.   Oops.

4. This can even go as far as looking into the wiretapping around Trump.   Even Obama can be called to testify.  

5. Takes the message off the table that Trump is above the law.

6. This could blow back on the Dems 10 fold in a number of ways.

7. Most importantly this has the chance to blow MSM reporting completely out of the water. 

8. When no collusion is found it destroys Clinton and the Dem's excuses even further for losing the election.

9. This has the chance to benefit Trump and the GOP tremendously in the eyes of the voter. 

10. Libtards can't complain they are getting what they asked for, when the results come in they don't like they will look like bigger jackasses than they already do.   

Edited May 18, 2017 by Highmark

[Kivalo]

This is likely nothing more than a political football to throw around to ensure a distraction.

[Mileage Psycho]

7 hours ago, Ez ryder said:

Worked for Bush and Obama. Former Marine. At the end of his career so nothing to gain or prove. Not a surprise, there is NO amount of evidence they will accept. The same party who refused for years to assign a Special Prosecutor in the Clinton Affair immediately rejects the very best.
 

What affair are you talking about?  

[Skidooski]

If this comes up empty, the Liberals and old Republicans lol, need to just let the man try and run the show FFS. It's been "conspiracy" after "conspiracy" since his election. How the fuck is he supposed to get anything done with everyone against him? The Dems are in eternal pouting mode and McCain and the old guard Reps are pretty much in that same boat. 

[racer254]

2 minutes ago, Skidooski said:

If this comes up empty, the Liberals and old Republicans lol, need to just let the man try and run the show FFS. It's been "conspiracy" after "conspiracy" since his election. How the fuck is he supposed to get anything done with everyone against him? The Dems are in eternal pouting mode and McCain and the old guard Reps are pretty much in that same boat. 

Should really show you who the problem is in Washington.

[Mileage Psycho]

23 minutes ago, Skidooski said:

If this comes up empty, the Liberals and old Republicans lol, need to just let the man try and run the show FFS. It's been "conspiracy" after "conspiracy" since his election. How the fuck is he supposed to get anything done with everyone against him? The Dems are in eternal pouting mode and McCain and the old guard Reps are pretty much in that same boat. 

He's been running his own show since January 20th and unfortunately it has been a shitshow, he is his own worst enemy.

Yesterday at the CG Academy he was moaning, it's all about Trump.........who the fuck talks like this at a commencement speech  

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"Look at the way I have been treated lately, especially by the media," he said. "No politician in history, and I say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly.

The shitshow with this man will never end, he is a narcissistic and petulant little child.

[ActionfigureJoe]

34 minutes ago, Skidooski said:

If this comes up empty, the Liberals and old Republicans lol, need to just let the man try and run the show FFS. It's been "conspiracy" after "conspiracy" since his election. How the fuck is he supposed to get anything done with everyone against him? The Dems are in eternal pouting mode and McCain and the old guard Reps are pretty much in that same boat. 

birth certificates. what goes around comes around. trump is a fucking lunatic. 

[ICEMAN!]

[Skidooski]

5 minutes ago, Mileage Psycho said:

He's been running his own show since January 20th and unfortunately it has been a shitshow, he is his own worst enemy.

Yesterday at the CG Academy he was moaning, it's all about Trump.........who the fuck talks like this at a commencement speech  

The shitshow with this man will never end, he is a narcissistic and petulant little child.

He does bring on himself no question but the rest is all the pouting people who still can't grasp that the lost...to him of all people. That's what completes the shit show IMO. It's an endless circle