Justice Department Appoints Former FBI Director Robert Mueller As Special Counsel For Russia Investigation (thehill.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Hill: The Justice Department has appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate Russia's involvement in the U.S. election. Mueller, a former prosecutor who served a 12-year term at the helm of the bureau, has accepted the position, according to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. "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 the matter," Rosenstein said in a statement. "My decision is not a finding that crimes have been committed or that any prosecution is warranted. I have made no such determination. What I have determined is that based upon the unique circumstances, the public interest requires me to place this investigation under the authority of a person who exercises a degree of independence from the normal chain of command." UPDATE: President Trump has released a statement: "As I have stated many times, a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know -- there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. I look forward to this matter concluding quickly. In the meantime, I will never stop fighting for the people and the issues that matter most to the future of our country."

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Re:All smoke and mirrors

[ScentCone]

You know (don't you?) that impeachment is an actual legal term with actual meaning that flows from the presentation of actual deeds that can be prosecuted in that venue. You seem to be thinking that impeachment is just something you do when you don't like somebody. That's not how it works. You can't impeach somebody because while they were a private citizen someone associated with their campaign had a gig making money from a foreign country didn't report it (never mind that that had exactly nothing to do with the election itself or the fantasy of "collusion"). You can't impeach somebody because he says that he hopes an investigation will wrap up soon, and takes exactly zero steps to in any way interfere with it. You can't impeach somebody for being the commander in chief and choosing to talk in broad terms about sensitive matters in a meeting with another country's foreign minister ... because being at the top of the food chain on that subject matter makes that that person's call, period. Impeachment isn't the equivalent of other countries' parliamentary votes of no confidence in, for example, a prime minister. So, predict away - it's meaningless without evidence of something that rises to that level, of which there is zero indication.

Re:Winning

[dryeo]

1st amendment basically says no discrimination based on religion and Trump loudly signaled that he was going to discriminate based on religion.

Re:Done, done, done

[meglon]

They've become a cult. The GOP has become a cult of fascist, anti-christian, anti-intellectual, anti-American stooges who are incapable of governing, but crave power so strongly they will intentionally destroy the US to achieve and maintain it. It didn't start with Trump, it started with Reagan.... but Trump, and the current GOP (the grab-them-by-the-pussy-party) is the end result of 35+ years of constant attack on the US by fascist insurrectionists. The don't believe in democracy, they don't believe in God, they don't believe in intelligence, they don't believe in the United States.... they believe in money and power, and are thoroughly corrupt to their core.

And judging from the number of them on this thread... ALL posting as anonymous cowards... they're all worthless fucking cowards.