Trump: Where All This Is Going
Frequent commenter MarcoPolo notes: Robert Mueller must be conscious of the harm done by turning his investigation into a seemingly politically biased “Get Trump at any cost” campaign. It’s not his place to decide whether or not Donald Trump is a suitable President.
I know that there are some Americans who believe that Mueller is over-reaching, but they are far outnumbered by those who understand the breadth of his charter as it was outlined by the Justice Department, and who thank God we live in a country where rule of law means something, and where no one is exempt.
Btw, nobody (literally nobody, I would venture) thinks it’s Mueller’s “place to decide whether or not Donald Trump is a suitable president.” On the other hand, virtually everyone wants to know the truth about collusion, obstruction, conflicts of interest, and anything else of relevance. Fortunately for everyone living on this planet, it looks like we’re heading in that very direction.
MP continues: The right (to decide on the legitimacy of a president) is not even possessed by Congress; the Constitution reserves judgment on the President suitability to US voters via the ballot box.
I’m sure you’re aware of the 10-step impeachment process laid out in Article II of the U.S. Constitution and the content of the 25th Amendment, both of which are driven in their entirety by Congress. If you’re not, this might be a good time to bone up via the video below; a working knowledge of all this “may come in handy,” to use the presenter’s words.
Craig,
You have penchant for quoting out of context and altering the text of quotes to suit your own purposes.
My comment ” It’s not his [James Comey’s] place to decide on whether or not Donald Trump is a suitable President, that right is not even possessed by Congress.The Constitution reserves judgment on Presidential suitability to US voters via the ballot box”.
If read in the correct context, it becomes apparent my comment referred to the “suitability” of a newly elected President. It was not a reference to Presidential conduct, but the type of, style manners, education, background etc, of the individual occupying the office.
As a government official it isn’t James Comey’s business to allow his personal political or preferences to affect his ability to assist the President in the discharge of his duties.
By his own admission, James Comey seems to have formed an inordinately emotional bond with the the Democrat Obama administration, and President Obama himself.
In contrast, he approached the incoming President Trump with an equally inappropriate level of emotional disapproval, resentment and distrust. Once it became apparent a clash of personalities was so intense, the proper course of conduct in such circumstances would be ask the incoming administration to appoint a replacement FBI Director.
Comey’s book clearly demonstrates he was far too emotionally invested to function with the level of professional detachment required.
In his book Comey w
“Obama sat alone with him in the Oval Office in late November and told him, ‘I picked you to be FBI director because of your integrity and your ability. I want you to know that nothing — nothing — has happened in the last year to change my view.’
On the verge of tears, Comey told Obama, “Boy, were those words I needed to hear. … I’m just trying to do the right thing.”
“I know,” Obama said. “I know.”
Another admission/boast by Comey relates to his intimacy with the Obama administration’s Attorney-general, Loretta Lynch:
“Shortly before the election, Lynch and Comey met privately. During the meeting the attorney general wrapped her arms around him and implied that she thought he had done the right thing.
But as their meeting ended, Comey writes, ‘She said, with just the slightest hint of a smile, ‘Try to look beat up.’ ” She had told somebody she was going to have chew me out for what I had done. What a world.”
Apparently, if you accept Comey’s version of events, his relations with the Obama administration would not have been out of place in the script of a day time soap opera, or a Mills and Boon romance novel !
In contrast, James Comey’s report the most important thigs he observed when being introduced to the newly elected President Trump was:
” As being shorter than he expected with a ‘too long’ tie and ‘bright white half-moons’ under his eyes from the use of tanning goggles. I also made a conscious effort to check the President’s hand size finding it smaller than mine but not seem unusually so.”
Comey also described his ability to determine before President Trump even spoke, just form his demeanor, “Trump was a man who had built a cocoon of alternative reality which he was busily wrapping around all of us, without hearing him speak, my experience told me here was a congenital liar and unethical leader, devoid of human emotion and driven by personal ego.”
In a moment of epiphany, Comey realized :
” it was a flashbacks to my earlier career as a prosecutor against the Mob. The silent circle of assent. The boss in complete control. The loyalty oaths. The us-versus-them worldview. The lying about all things, large and small, in service to some code of loyalty that put the organization above morality and above the truth.”
(Later he ruminates angrily at the “sacrilege” of an individual like Trump desecrating Obama’s legacy).
Wow ! All that from a first meeting with a newly elected President. I had to re-read the authenticity of my AAP advance copy of the book to ensure it wasn’t a parody written by National Lampoon.
As for Robert Mueller, please don’t get me wrong, I respect Bob Mueller, he’s spent a lifetime giving honorable service to his nation. However, despite my high regard for Mueller as a person, I believe he’s been handed a poisoned chalice.
The task he’s been asked to perform has been so poorly defined, and Mueller lacks the political or diplomatic skills to interpret the quagmire in which he finds himself floundering. It was always inevitable he would sooner or later be accused of allowing himself to become a tool for the anti-Trump forces to “get Trump” at any cost.
He’s simply the wrong man for the wrong job. Robert Mueller’s background qualifies him to conduct criminal investigations against criminal targets. He has no experience in conducting “commissions of inquiry”, where the focus is to identify undesirable practices, recommend preventative measures and create legislation and infrastructure needed to prevent re-occurrence.