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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Done, done, done

[fnj]

Trump is a stupid helpless infantile bastard. Stick a fork in him. He is DONE. What a goddam disappointment.

Re:Winning

[Osgeld]

you are probally right about the conclusion of muleer's findings, but its so much fun for us to dish it right back yo you all after 8 years of non stop bashing and drama... problem is you elected a hot head who is already starting to cry like the bitch he is

Re:Is there any reason not to impeach Trump?

[ScentCone]

he's admitted in absolutely no uncertain terms that he interfered with Comey's investigation

Other than you're deliberately mis-characterizing what happened and what was said, making your description of it just simple trolling.

Hillary committed actual crimes, but got away with it through political leverage (everyone in the prosecution food chain presumed she was going to be president). Telling the FBI director that you hope a long-running investigation that has produced zero evidence of collusion will wrap up soon is NOT obstruction of justice. You can tell because ... absolutely nothing changed then, or since, in that ongoing investigation. And the acting director of the FBI agreed that was the case. You're just spinning because you'd like impeachment to be what happens when you simply don't like somebody.