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| Byron York: When did Mueller know there was no collusion? |
| 2019-04-27 |
| [WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Trump-Russia special counsel Robert Mueller was appointed May 17, 2017. Twenty-two months later, on March 22, 2019, Mueller sent his report to the Justice Department. Some special counsel investigations have taken longer; it is the nature of such probes to drag on and on. But why did Mueller need nearly two years to determine whether the Trump campaign and Russia conspired or coordinated to fix the 2016 election? He didn't, it appears. In the wake of the release of Mueller's report, there are indications that special counsel prosecutors mostly knew by the end of 2017, and certainly by a few months later, that the evidence would not establish that conspiracy or coordination -- or collusion, to use the popular term -- had taken place. Mueller clearly spent a lot of time on the other half of his report -- trying to establish that Trump obstructed justice -- but on the most explosive and consequential allegation of the Trump-Russia affair, the conspiracy allegation, the Mueller investigation was essentially over long before it officially ended. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 Mueller need a special place in the inferno. |
| Posted by: 746 2019-04-27 22:18 |
| #9 He knew when he met with Obama officials at the kickoff meeting to begin this hoax. Bingo! |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-04-27 12:11 |
| #8 Difficult to say John. He sure brought a large number of partisan Dem lawyers into his team. That alone makes him suspect in my view. If I were fishing, he wouldn't be a keeper. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-04-27 10:06 |
| #7 Most likely from the beginning as there was motive to do so. Who appointed Mueller to SC? Was Mueller a part of the cabal and cover-up or not? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2019-04-27 09:45 |
| #6 I think they threw crap up in the air until there was obviously pony. I also agree that he knew very quickly there was no collusion. Most of the two years was about James Comey and "obstruction" I believe Mueller decided the leaks from his team were becoming too obvious and he shut it down. Obviously believe it or not, based on Rosenstein's recent speech that he had lost the Assistant AG support. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2019-04-27 08:53 |
| #5 Mueller did as he was Told. He is a tool. TOOL. NOT a fool, far from it. He held out until his ass was showing and then he turned in his paper like a loyal little tool. |
| Posted by: Jise Sinatra9203 2019-04-27 08:41 |
| #4 He knew when he met with Obama officials at the kickoff meeting to begin this hoax. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2019-04-27 07:04 |
| #3 But why did Mueller need nearly two years to determine whether the Trump campaign and Russia conspired or coordinated to fix the 2016 election? So he could put his thumbs on the scale of the 2018 election. I bet he knew within two months of starting this whole dog and pony show that it was bullshit. |
| Posted by: Raj 2019-04-27 06:59 |
| #2 Well before the 2016 elections, but they needed to motivate the base for the vote. |
| Posted by: P2kontheroad 2019-04-27 06:46 |
| #1 Doesn't matter - until he decided he couldn't work up any criminal obstruction (of non-existant collusion) charges he could keep going. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2019-04-27 01:45 |