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Nitram

(22,803 posts)
7. Mueller and the FBI have been neither blunted nor neutered.
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 04:27 PM
Nov 2018

Last edited Thu Nov 8, 2018, 09:26 AM - Edit history (2)

There are dozens of agents working on the investigation, and it has a momentum of its own which Whitless cannot derail. Let's avoid doubtful doomsday scenarios. Now that we have the House it will be far more difficult to stop investigations for partisan reasons.

Whitaker's 2017 OpEd on Mueller Investigation riverwalker Nov 2018 #1
If so we are in deep shit as a democracy. triron Nov 2018 #2
One thing he can learn from Sessions: Turbineguy Nov 2018 #3
drumpf and russian repugs don't care what people say, the election is over. lark Nov 2018 #4
For some reason I'm not that upset agingdem Nov 2018 #5
Time for pentagon papers. Redux. notdarkyet Nov 2018 #27
There are laws again willy nilly destroying paperwork YessirAtsaFact Nov 2018 #6
Mueller and the FBI have been neither blunted nor neutered. Nitram Nov 2018 #7
Not true edhopper Nov 2018 #11
You're dead wrong Stinky The Clown Nov 2018 #14
A "dead man switch?" What kind of fantasy world are you living in? Nitram Nov 2018 #15
Now that you've amused yourself, the term is real, with a real meaning. Stinky The Clown Nov 2018 #17
Sorry, I forgot about Mueller's plan to unleash a team of ninjas to kidnap Trump if he is fired. Nitram Nov 2018 #18
The last thing I "need" is advice from you, Marty. Stinky The Clown Nov 2018 #20
Only old friends and family call me Marty, but with your attitude, you could be either. Nitram Nov 2018 #22
Just like you've always done, Marty . . . . Stinky The Clown Nov 2018 #25
My, goodness! Such vitriol! Nitram Nov 2018 #35
It basically just means a plan B MikeMa2 Nov 2018 #21
a Plan B is exaclty what I alluded to in my original comment. Or not so much a "plan" as the Nitram Nov 2018 #23
I'm sure the Urban Dictionary has it. Let's just say my old boss's electric saw should have had one Hekate Nov 2018 #30
I've heard more than one commenter with govt experience say that... Hekate Nov 2018 #29
We have been at similar junctures before. Mueller isn't going anywhere. The job title may have Thekaspervote Nov 2018 #8
I'll wait a few days for in-depth analysis. LanternWaste Nov 2018 #9
yup, pretty much. dameatball Nov 2018 #34
The president should not be allowed to pick the person who oversees the investigation into himself DesertRat Nov 2018 #10
Same as candidates should not be able to oversee their election. Yet, we just saw that in Georgia. suffragette Nov 2018 #16
If so, then it's time for Mueller to farm out investigations to states where Trump can't touch them eleny Nov 2018 #12
When Nixon pulled this stunt, the files were all copied and secured for later use. displacedtexan Nov 2018 #13
This an illegal appointment Generic Brad Nov 2018 #19
Please don't put out sensationalist crap like this without backing it up... LincolnRossiter Nov 2018 #24
Wow, from zero to hair on fire Stinky The Clown Nov 2018 #26
Demonstrations at 5 Thursday. Grasswire2 Nov 2018 #28
Down at the County govt center. Be there or be square -- and bundle up. nt Hekate Nov 2018 #31
Firing Mueller won't help drumpf Takket Nov 2018 #32
Don't just hope for the best Midnightwalk Nov 2018 #33
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