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OxQQme

(2,550 posts)
Mon May 15, 2017, 12:48 PM May 2017

A Special Prosecutor Is Not the Answer

>"Careful what you wish for.

In the wake of the firing of FBI Director James Comey, many are demanding a special prosecutor into the Trump-Russia connection. It’s not appreciated enough that such an appointment could well turn into a shield for wrongdoing. A special prosecutor could wrap the investigation of the Trump-Russia matter in secrecy for months and years—and ultimately fail to answer any of the important questions demanding answers.

Of all the types of independent investigation that have been suggested, a special prosecutor is the most likely to disappear down rabbit holes—the least likely answer the questions that needed to be answered. A select committee of Congress or an independent commission of nonpartisan experts established by Congress can ask the broad question: What happened? A select committee or an independent commission can organize its inquiry according to priority, leaving the secondary and tertiary issues to the historians. A select committee or an independent commission is not barred from looking at events in earlier years statutes of limitations. A select committee or an independent commission seeks truth."<

more: ---> https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/a-special-prosecutor-is-not-the-answer/526662/

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A Special Prosecutor Is Not the Answer (Original Post) OxQQme May 2017 OP
Call it what you will. J_William_Ryan May 2017 #1

J_William_Ryan

(1,753 posts)
1. Call it what you will.
Mon May 15, 2017, 01:04 PM
May 2017

But there needs to be an investigative entity independent and apart from the WH and Congress who will pursue the facts and truth.

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