The failed investigation by Robert Mueller yielded several charges of lying to congress. It turns out that Mueller lied under oath to Congress because of a recent email from Rod Rosenstein to the president. Will he be prosecuted? Maybe but I seriously doubt it. This goes back to an accusation President Trump made. He claimed that Mueller had interviewed for the job heading the FBI, but didn’t get it.
On the other hand, Mueller denied that he interviewed for the FBI job at all, but who told the truth? First, let us remember the questioning of Mueller by Florida Republican Representative Greg Steube:
Steube: Mr. Mueller, over here, did you indeed interview for the FBI Director job one day before you were appointed as Special Counsel?
Mueller: My understanding was I was not applying for the job, I was asked to give my input on what it would take to do the job which treated the interview you’re talking about.
Steube: So you don’t recall on May 16, 2017, that you interviewed with the President regarding the FBI Director job?
Mueller: I interviewed with the President.
Steube: For the FBI Director job?
Mueller: It was about the job and not me applying for the job.
Steube: So your statement here today is that you didn’t interview to apply for the FBI Director job?
Mueller: That’s correct.
Steube: So did you tell the Vice President that the FBI Director position would be the one job you would come back to for?
Mueller: I don’t recall that one.
Well, as it turns out the proof was a long time in coming but it finally made it. In an email from Rod Rosenstein to the president, he told Trump that Mueller was no longer interested in the FBI. That was on the very same day that Rosenstein appointed Mueller as the special counsel.
This may have created a suspicious-looking coincidence, but it also proved that Mueller lied. The lying to congress is a serious crime and Mueller viewed it dimly. The question becomes what is to be done about it and when? And it appears to be that Mueller was trying for the FBI job and Special counsel at the same time. Would he have tried to submarine Trump as the FBI director?
One thing is certain, the House won’t bring charges because Mueller is their guy. Mueller will go scot-free. No one will have the guts to charge him. But, it does show that Trump was telling them the truth about Mueller. At least we will have that satisfaction.
Mueller testified under oath he did NOT interview with Trump for the job of FBI Director on May 16, 2017
Yet new FOIA’d emails show DAG Rosenstein sending an email the very next day, May 17, saying that “Mueller” has now “withdrew from consideration for FBI Director”?
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— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) August 27, 2020
Mueller testified under oath he did NOT interview with Trump for the job of FBI Director on May 16, 2017
Yet new FOIA’d emails show DAG Rosenstein sending an email the very next day, May 17, saying that “Mueller” has now “withdrew from consideration for FBI Director”?
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— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) August 27, 2020
What this does is raise doubts over whether Mueller was conflicted. Furthermore, whether he lied to hide that conflict. I think the answer is obvious, but I still don’t foresee any action taken against Mueller. At the end of the day, this will just be one more bit of proof of being a two-tier justice system. One set of laws for Democrats and one for the Republicans. But, we already knew that. Just look at Hillary Clinton.
Dave Brewer
August 29, 2020 at 6:05 pm
So lying to Congress is a crime. Unless you’re a member of Congress. They all the time – to ezch other, to the media, to the taxpayers, to anyone that will listen.
Phyllis
August 29, 2020 at 6:58 pm
This is why they don’t want Trump to do a second term . The democrats don’t want all the dirt to come out . We would all like to know what their hiding . I hope AG Barr is looking into all their criminal activities.
Richard Fong
September 2, 2020 at 10:44 am
The criminals are the democrats leadership in Congress and States where democrats are governor and mayors. The President is making the right decisions to quell the violence we are seeing on streets of Portland, Chicago, New York, Wisconsin, and other democrats controlled cities. All these people hate President Trump, because they cannot control him, and because he is very successful in his foreign and domestic policies. All you need to do is to look at his achievements in almost 4 years. No one in their right mind should argue with that success, unless you are stupid, dumb, and hateful. Accept the new norm of a true champion and real leadership by this President. America after President Trump should never go back to a norm of past Presidents. In the last 8 elections except Reagan, the presidential leaderships were a corrupt old norm and system. Vote for President Trump he is good for you and your family, that is, if you love your family and America.
Katie Hubbs
September 2, 2020 at 5:24 pm
Muller cost the tax payers millions of Dollars ,lying under oath is a crime and he is no better than any other citizen of this country.He should be prosecuted