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Originally Posted by wufwugy
It can certainly be the case that Mueller thinks he is up to stuff. Indeed I think it's very likely that Mueller thinks he's investigating Trump in good faith. And it's what his bosses -- Trump, Sessions, and Rosenstein -- and the boss of the latter two -- Trump -- think that also matters.
Perhaps you are right that I'm not thinking enough about what Mueller is thinking. And you're not thinking enough about what Trump is thinking. What do you think Trump is thinking/doing? Why do you think that a man that works closely with Trump and that Trump has direct firing power of hired Mueller the very next day that Trump interviewed him? Why do you think Trump has not used any of his usual tactics to stop something to stop the supposed Mueller investigation? Why do you think Trump's very close friend, Sessions, "sits back" while his employee supposedly tries to destroy his close friend and boss? Why do you think Mueller is still around even though nothing tying Trump to a crime has come to pass, many times of which there were lengths in which the Mueller's political capital was paltry? What do you think the Reality TV President would do in this situation?
Mueller was not tasked with investigating Trump or anyone narrowly.
Russia interfered with our election. There is enough evidence that Americans may have assisted them to investigate this claim. Some of these Americans are associates of Trump/the Trump campaign.
Sessions and Trump are not close friends by any reasonable measure.
The Mueller/Trump Interview is interesting-- It's not crazy that a person would be on the short list of candidates for both positions. There's a lot of overlap.
Trumps "usual tactics" are a form of bullying. It's the same reason you don't see him using these tactics with Putin. Similar reason at least-- Putin is a much more seasoned bully, Mueller is relatively impervious to his bullying because of the structuring of his position and Mueller, unlike Trumps other targets is capable of hitting back in a meaningful way.
Sessions recused himself, presumably under the good advice of career DOJ staffers-- possibly under the advice of his former colleagues in congress. Even if he wanted to play an active role in protecting Trump, that path is fraught with all sorts of danger, political, legal, legacy, etc.
I don't think Mueller's political capital since being appointed to his current position can ever be said to be "paltry."
In what situation are we talking? The one that is reasonably reflective of reality? I think he would do just what we see him doing-- becoming agitated, flailing about, attempting to distract. He may prevail, he may be innocent, but he certainly is in a tough spot with no easy ways out.
Oh, also, why are you keeping up this charade after the FBI/DOJ raided Cohen's office/home/etc and seized decades of records? This is all for show? A judge signed a warrant for a raid of an attorney's records-- wait, not an attorney, that's telling enough, but not just any attorney, the Presidents personal attorney-- because...?
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