(08-10-2018, 07:55 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote:

(08-10-2018, 06:37 AM)mikesez Wrote: 1) Mueller used to be a member of one of Trump's golf clubs almost a decade ago. Im not aware of any other "conflict of interest" Mueller might have. Are there any others? Because that strikes me as minor.

2) Sessions actually did consulting work, reporting to Manafort, in 2016.  Much stronger conflict.

One could consider Trump giving Mueller the boot from being the FBI director candidate then him being appointed to head the special council a few days later a conflict.

Agreed.

In the same way Sessions agreed to recuse himself because he got the job, Mueller should've recused himself because he didn't get the job.

(08-10-2018, 01:24 PM)mikesez Wrote: [

(08-10-2018, 10:31 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: As I said, he's innocent of what Mueller was assigned to investigate. I don't particularly care for any special counsels that are given free range to prosecute activities unrelated to their mandate. Starr was investigating abuse of power, something that included Clinton's proclivities to abuse his female subordinates, so I think that was within scope.

What part of "any matter that may arise directly from that investigation" do you not understand?
They sniffed around Manafort to find if he was in with Russians.  Evidence was lacking for that. But very quickly they found out he was a tax cheat, among other things.

I'm sure the legal basis for investigating it is solid, but he shouldn't even be interested in matters unrelated to collusion with Russian officials. Issues that happened years ago. Anyone with half a brain can tell you that they wanted to flip Manafort into squealing or providing testimony against Trump.

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