STATEMENT TO GOP LEADERSHIP: SUPPORT ROBERT MUELLERS INVESTIGATION
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NOVEMBER 1, 2017
STATEMENT TO GOP LEADERSHIP: SUPPORT ROBERT MUELLER’S INVESTIGATION
BY NISKANEN CENTER
We are a group of citizens united by our deep concern over threats to the integrity of American democracy and the rule of law. With the indictments announced on Monday, the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller into Russian interference with the 2016 election is now entering a new and critical phase. At the same time, a growing chorus of Republican and conservative voices has started calling for Mueller’s resignation on trumped-up grounds, a move that may be calculated to help justify dismissal of the special counsel and pardons for his targets. In view of these events, we want to come forward and express our strong support for allowing the Mueller investigation to proceed without interference or obstruction. We would regard dismissal of the special counsel, or pardons issued preemptively to anyone targeted by his investigation, as a grave abuse of power that justifies initiation of impeachment proceedings.
We hereby call on House Speaker Ryan and Senate Majority Leader McConnell to make clear, both publicly and privately, that they support the Mueller investigation and regard any interference with that investigation, including dismissal of the special counsel or preemptive pardons of investigation targets, as completely unacceptable. We further urge all Republican members of Congress to issue public statements on these issues as well. It is morally imperative that the Republican Party and the conservative movement stand as bulwarks of the rule of law, not enablers of its erosion and violation. Now is the time for choosing.*
Max Boot
Senior fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Mona Charen
Senior fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center
Linda Chavez
Syndicated columnist and former Reagan White House official
Eliot Cohen
Former Counselor, Department of State
Thomas Coleman
Former Member, U.S. House of Representatives (R-MO)
Joe Coon
Cofounder, Niskanen Center
Daniel Drezner
Professor, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Mickey Edwards
Former Member, U.S. House of Representatives (R-OK)
Former chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee
Founding trustee, Heritage Foundation
National chairman, American Conservative Union.
Mindy Finn
Stand Up Republic
Jeffrey Gedmin
Senior fellow, Atlantic Council
Former president, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Bob Inglis
Former Member, U.S. House of Representatives (R-SC)
David Jolly
Former Member, U.S. House of Representatives (R-FL)
William Kristol
Senior aide in the Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations
R. J. Lyman
Founding director, Unite the Center
Liz Mair
Former RNC spokeswoman and adviser to Carly Fiorina, former Gov. Rick Perry, Sen. Rand Paul, and Gov. Scott Walker
Evan McMullin
Stand Up Republic
Tom Nichols
Author and scholar
Ronald Radosh
Adjunct fellow, Hudson Institute
Sol Stern
Author and journalist
Andrew Sullivan
Writer-at-large, New York magazine
Jerry Taylor
Cofounder and president, Niskanen Center
Benjamin Wittes
Senior fellow, Brookings Institution
John Ziegler
Columnist, Mediaite
Prominent conservatives who would like to be included as signatories can contact Niskanen Center vice president Brink Lindsey at blindsey@niskanencenter.org.
*All institutional affiliations are for identification purposes only
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