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H2O Man

(79,057 posts)
19. Valid question.
Sun Oct 20, 2019, 06:13 PM
Oct 2019

The answer is certainly complex, and it isn't satisfying that Team Mieller could not keep it plain. The team could have put out, along with the two-part report they did, another edition for the average citizen to read. One that makes something very similar of what they'd present to a grand jury of average citizens to gain an indictment. I sometimes wonder why someone hasn't attempted something similar to this. It's needed.

But part of the answer that I am sure of is that in his role heading this investigation, what Mr. Mueller saw -- including the parts on the counterintellugence information that can't be released -- took a serious toll upon his health. That was evident to everyone around him. Indeed, towards the end of the investigation the team was doing almost all of the work. It was as if the investigation was literally poisoning him. So by the time he testified to Congress, he had been seriously reduced. That wasn't the man who started the investigation.

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I think he was threatened. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #1
Without a doubt!! InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2019 #2
The next Democratic DOJ NewsCenter28 Oct 2019 #3
NOT smart. elleng Oct 2019 #9
I'm not so sure about that. Raine1967 Oct 2019 #46
Your posts will get alerted with your signature PSPS Oct 2019 #5
Agreed Stargazer09 Oct 2019 #8
I keep thinking about that Friday before the memo was released, dewsgirl Oct 2019 #25
he looked bullied EveHammond13 Oct 2019 #32
Indeed. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #33
So he was a coward rockfordfile Oct 2019 #36
What could they threaten him with? exboyfil Oct 2019 #11
I hope we find out one day. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #14
Just like we found out volstork Oct 2019 #41
What they could threaten anyone else with? whathehell Oct 2019 #37
He was Barred. triron Oct 2019 #22
Mueller may have held their 42bambi Oct 2019 #56
I've wondered. That Captain Zero Oct 2019 #62
I think you're reading too much into it. Both would've been a waste of time. bitterross Oct 2019 #4
Is pleading the 5th bad PR? exboyfil Oct 2019 #7
The spin would be all about going after family. Not worth it. bitterross Oct 2019 #18
But Don Jr could explain his e-mail "I love it" Think-b4-U-act Oct 2019 #34
No o e would know.... reACTIONary Oct 2019 #55
Junior isn't stupid, although it provides some comfort Eyeball_Kid Oct 2019 #20
You make astounding assumptions. Are you an experienced federal prosecutor? triron Oct 2019 #23
No, but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. bitterross Oct 2019 #26
I also stated mine. Maybe you are being snarky? Intelligent response? Who judges that? triron Oct 2019 #52
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So too, with opinions. bitterross Oct 2019 #63
BS No excuses. Mueller just white washed it. Mueller is a Republican rockfordfile Oct 2019 #39
I agree to an extent on that. Mueller played it very carefully. YOHABLO Oct 2019 #48
"too dumb" is not a defense and make the 5th pleading official for the record not conjecture. uponit7771 Oct 2019 #61
I don't understand all the plea deals exboyfil Oct 2019 #6
Something is rotten in Denmark. triron Oct 2019 #24
link? Demonaut Oct 2019 #10
Mueller's big conspiracy: providing blue print for impeachment and evidence for several outside emmaverybo Oct 2019 #12
Mueller went with un-American DOJ policy "not to indict sitting Presidents" rockfordfile Oct 2019 #43
Don Jr's attorney H2O Man Oct 2019 #13
All that makes sense H20 thanks! NewsCenter28 Oct 2019 #15
Valid question. H2O Man Oct 2019 #19
Diminished is the way I saw Mueller at the end ChubbyStar Oct 2019 #49
If I am not mistaken couldn't Don Jr be granted immunity Think-b4-U-act Oct 2019 #44
Yes, but I think H2O Man Oct 2019 #51
IMO the report was truncated as it ended a month after Barr started. brush Oct 2019 #16
Mueller is a Republican appointed by a Republican. broiles Oct 2019 #17
who didn't want the other 3 Republicans in his golf foursome mad at him BamaRefugee Oct 2019 #30
Yep. And you can bet influential forces were very busy. He's friends with Barr and many others. Evolve Dammit Oct 2019 #31
Rosenstein was fine with Mueller being special counsel so blueinredohio Oct 2019 #21
And Rosenstein said Mueller didn't have any Sewa Oct 2019 #65
Obviously Kurt V. Oct 2019 #27
It was a sham ritapria Oct 2019 #29
Subpoena Jeff Sessions! Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2019 #28
It was a probe, it wasn't like a prosecution bucolic_frolic Oct 2019 #35
Didn't You Just Define Ken Starr? n/t DallasNE Oct 2019 #40
Yeah, pretty much bucolic_frolic Oct 2019 #50
+1 leftstreet Oct 2019 #53
Didn't Mueller Explain This DallasNE Oct 2019 #38
Mueller was a coward, his testimony proved that. He was afraid of Trump. Pepsidog Oct 2019 #42
Trump jr was mocking him the entire time. Knowing exactly what he was about rockfordfile Oct 2019 #45
We haven't seen the Mueller Report!!!!!! Botany Oct 2019 #47
And that tells the tale. leftyladyfrommo Oct 2019 #54
All you have to do is look how hard Trump and Barr have been working as of late to discredit it. Botany Oct 2019 #57
Barr said publicly that Mueller COULD HAVE FILED CHARGES not_the_one Oct 2019 #58
There is another possibility, at least with Don Jr. pnwmom Oct 2019 #59
SDNY is. triron Oct 2019 #64
"The Special Counsel's reasons remain unknown," So no wonder he didn't want any questions asked ... uponit7771 Oct 2019 #60
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