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Townhall's George Mano: John Bolton for Special Prosecutor
2018-02-17
[Town Hall] The revelations of the Nunes Memo have shaken our confidence in the FBI and the Justice Department. A law firm working for the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign hired a company called Fusion GPS to dig up dirt on Donald Trump, the Republican Party candidate for president. Fusion GPS, then, paid a Trump-hating former British agent named Christopher Steele to produce 16 memos between June and November 2016 based on hearsay from Russian agents.

Skipping the current history of corruption. Enter Darth Bolton:

That level of corruption was unknown in America before now. No wonder the public’s confidence in the honesty, fairness, and integrity of these two institutions has been obliterated. So, unless some of these corrupt individuals end up in jail or at least lose their law licenses, most Americans will never believe in the FBI or Justice Department again.

That’s where John Bolton comes in. The only way to restore the image of those two venerable institutions is to root out the corruption and make those responsible pay the price. To do that we need another special prosecutor, one tasked specifically with cleaning up the FBI and the Justice Department and bringing criminal and ethical charges against guilty parties. Ideally, the person to do that job should be an outsider, because the FBI and Justice Department are not going to investigate themselves, but it would also have to be someone who knows how Washington works.Such a person is John Bolton, the former US Ambassador to the UN.

Although he is known as a foreign policy expert, Bolton was trained as a lawyer and currently works for a law firm. He has lots of experience in Washington. He served three Presidents‐Reagan, Bush 41, and Bush 43. However, he hasn’t held a government post since 2006, so he is now an outsider, and he does not have any special connections to Mueller or Comey.

Most important, Bolton is a straight-shooter and a no-nonsense guy. He says what he thinks in clear, unimpeachable words, and he seems to be immune to bribery, blackmail, and media attacks. The media have been attacking him for years and he usually just shrugs it off. That’s important, because the person who accepts this job will be the second-most-hated person in America after President Trump.

The problem is that Bolton is on record as being against the concept of Special Prosecutors. Also, there are some people, like Mark Levin and Alan Dershowitz, who say what is needed is a Presidential Commission rather than a Special Prosecutor.

Either way, we need a man like Bolton to do the job, because without the rule of law, America will be no different than any of dozens of third-world countries.
Posted by:Besoeker

#3  Yes, the IG report should be interesting. Perhaps the Mueller Russian indictments are a damage control precursor.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-02-17 08:59  

#2  I'm waiting hopefully for the IG report to drop
Posted by: Frank G   2018-02-17 08:34  

#1  A few other names: Judge Jenine Pirro, Joe Digenova, Victoria Toensing, Glenn Reynolds. Anyone who can't be bought, is strong on law and principle and would put justice back into the system.
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-02-17 08:30  

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