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Home Front: Politix
Carl Bernstein: Recent indictments show Mueller probe is 'not a witch hunt'
2018-07-16
[The Hill] Veteran reporter Carl Bernstein on Sunday said special counsel Robert Mueller's recent indictment of 12 Russian intelligence officials proves his probe is "not a witch hunt."

"Indeed, the president’s object has been throughout to make this appear as a witch hunt," Bernstein said on CNN's "Reliable Sources."

"It is now demonstrable to all, for all to see, this is not a witch hunt," Bernstein continued.

Bernstein's comments come two days after Rosenstein announced Mueller's indictment of the Russian officials for conspiring to influence the 2016 presidential election.

Eleven of the defendants are charged with conspiring to hack into networks used by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). The other is charged with conspiring to hack into systems used to administer U.S. elections.
Posted by:Besoeker

#9  What a cop out political POV from Bernstein. This has so obviously been a witch hunt. Their problem is that Trump isn't the witch no matter how hard they tried to find him to be. Its pure PR BS to "indict" these Russians-they will never come to trial. But it makes news and is an empty gesture to get those in the American public who don't understand the rules to think - wow, "if there are indictments, they must be on to something". Assuming these 12 were "Russian spies" , they were simply doing what spies do. And, since it happened on Obama's watch, the blame should be there but not with our twisted media types.
Posted by: warthogswife   2018-07-16 19:30  

#8  Bernstein -- almost five decades of being used as a Deep State Mouthpiece!
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2018-07-16 17:02  

#7  "However, I'd bet that in the eyes of much of the American public, they view the investigation as a contrived, bogus witch hunt"

I'd bet that when the subject of Mueller comes up the eyes of much of the American public glaze over.
Posted by: james   2018-07-16 11:15  

#6  #5 I can’t conceive a way reasonably competent Russian electronic intelligence agents could leave a trail that would identify themselves.

I think the Russians are pretty competent when it comes to cyberspooking--little in the way of a trail left behind unless they want to.

I'd like to know about why the FBI showed so little curiosity about HRCs 30,000 missing emails, Weiner's computer, the DNC server and the flow of info out of her server to foreign entities.

As someone said, Hilda did what she did with her server because she was either incompetent and stupid or deliberate. I'd vote for deliberate. She was brazen and didn't think she would get caught. So far she has been correct.

Posted by: JohnQC   2018-07-16 10:56  

#5  I can’t conceive a way reasonably competent Russian electronic intelligence agents could leave a trail that would identify themselves. But it is easy for them to do so intentionally- and it would make sense too. Quit bono?
Posted by: Glenmore   2018-07-16 10:20  

#4  Ok FBI, go get them!
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-07-16 09:34  

#3  What I find baffling in this Computer Age and expecting minimal degrees of BASIC Russian tradecraft in the spying business: How in the world could you be positive that these Russians did it and some random 'Ham Sandwich' didn't?
Mueller, show so spine: Indict Vladimir Putin!
Posted by: magpie   2018-07-16 09:28  

#2  Prediction: Mueller probe will end soon and the indictments will immediately become democratic campaign talking points.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-07-16 07:58  

#1  Several others have said it is not a witch hunt. However, I'd bet that in the eyes of much of the American public, they view the investigation as a contrived, bogus witch hunt since the biggest witch has been largely ignored. The bogus investigation has been used to deflect, try to paint POTUS in a corner, and cover-up wrong-doing from the previous administration.
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-07-16 07:52  

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