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In reply to the discussion: The Mueller Report Unplugged [View all]H2O Man
(73,528 posts)It is frustrating. We are dealing with the obvious downside of bureaucracy -- which is a system relying upon the most common method of dealing with issues. Those who have gone to the DMV, for instance, with an issue that is fairly unique understand how time-consuming and frustrating that can be.
Trump is, by all measures, a unique problem. We haven't seen anything like him in modern history. He makes Nixon seem cuddily, almost noble. Thus, I suggest we go back in history, before modern times.
According to Laurence Tribe's book, "To End a Presidency: The Power of Impeachment," the primary concern of the Founding Fathers was that a president would have financial involvements with a foreign entity/ country that would influence American policy towards the president's personal gain. In other words, they anticipated a Donald Trump. And they thus included impeachment in the Constitution.
I believe the Mueller investigation should have included this issue in both Part 1 and 2 of the report. I am 100% confident that it is addressed in Part 3, though I will not speculate upon to what extent. Certainly, it applies to incidents such as Trump's revealing Israel's intelligence operations when the president hosted the Russians in the Oval Office. I could easily list another dozen similar concerns, but I suspect we all could.
Had the Mueller Team been openly investigating Trump's financial ties, they knew he would follow through in a desperate effort to fire Bob and many others. Bureaucracy tends to avoid emergency conflicts when possible. Hence, the decision to move this issue to Congress.