Mueller Conflict of Interest

>>130050620
What conflict of interest? One FBI director knowing his predecessor? Ask yourself this, why is Trump so desperate to shut down this investigation if he "really" has nothing to hide? Mueller and Comey are principled, honest men.

>>130050620
>It will be Infowars, Breitbart or Fox
Well would you look at that. Literally fake news.

Fire Mueller. Silence the singing canary.

Did you even read the article? ...it's an interesting and valid point.

The Washington Post is reporting that Robert Mueller is now investigating President Trump for obstruction of justice, examining not only the president’s alleged statement to Comey in their February meeting, but also the firing of FBI Director James Comey.

If true, this development makes the argument even more compelling that Mueller cannot serve as special counsel. He has an egregious conflict of interest.

The special counsel statute specifically prohibits Mueller from serving if he has “a personal relationship with any person substantially involved in the investigation or prosecution.” The language is mandatory. He “shall” disqualify himself. Comey is substantially involved in the case. Indeed, he is the central witness.

The two men and former colleagues have long been friends, allies and partners. Agents have quipped that they were joined at the hip while at the Department of Justice and the FBI. They have a mentor-protégé relationship. The likelihood of prejudice and favoritism is glaring and severe.

>implying Trump wouldn't want a tainted Special Prosecutor to continue "investigating" him

If he doesn't find anything Trump wins since "Muhhh Muller is bipartisan... hurr durr durr"
If he finds "something" Trump can say "Oh yeah this guy is Comey's best friend and gave DNC a shitton of donation"
It's a win-win as long as Trump doesn't fall for the democrat bait to fire him!

So, it is incomprehensible that the man who is a close friend of the star witness against the president… will now determine whether the president committed a prosecutable crime in his dealings with Mueller’s good friend. Mueller cannot possibly be fair in judging the credibility of his friend versus the man who fired him.

Is the special counsel now motivated to retaliate against the president for ending Comey’s career at the FBI? Will he be tempted to conjure criminality where none actually exist?

Even worse, are Mueller and Comey now “colluding” by acting as co-special prosecutors to bring down the president? By meeting in advance of the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, did they plan Comey’s testimony to depict Trump in the most incriminating light? These are legitimate questions that invite serious concerns.

Mueller has a reputation for honesty and integrity. But even scrupulously honest people can be influenced in ways they do not recognize themselves. It is the human condition. Which is precisely why there are legal and ethical rules which demand recusal based on prior personal relationships.

This conflict of interest is manifest. It is not fair to President Trump as the reported subject of the investigation, and it is certainly not fair to the American public. They deserve a legal process that is utterly devoid of partiality and bias. Even the appearance of a conflict requires recusal under the law.

In all matters, prosecutors are forbidden from presiding over a case in which they have a personal relationship with a key, pivotal witness. This is the kind of disqualifying mandate which, if violated, can and should result in disbarment proceedings against a lawyer. Mueller is violating not only the special counsel statute, but the Canons of Ethics and its successor, the Code of Professional Responsibility, which govern the conduct of lawyers.

It's a compelling argument. Any real objection to it's premise?

>>130052560
>flag
>baiting this hard
Imagine my Shock

>>130055578
The fact Comey publically made a show of meeting mueller before the hearing looks very bad.

>>130055578
>Mueller has a reputation for honesty and integrity.

Ya, very honest, except that one time that he said as the FBI director that he was 100% sure Iraq had WMDs helping lead to trillions of dollars wasted and millions of death in the ME.

>>130052560
>Mueller's deputy was Comey
>Members of Mueller's staff donated to Democratic Presidential candidates

If there's even the appearance of conflict of interest you're supposed to recuse yourself.

>>130058886
Agree man. I had never even thought about this before the article. Hence why I posted it.

>>130055578
>Mueller has a reputation for honesty and integrity.

Yeah where does this line even come from? I've heard it a dozen times in the past week.

He has a good reputation... among whom? Who thinks highly of him? Typical Washington people. The people who are the most corrupt and have a deluded version of "integrity".

Trump should declare martial law and round all these people up.

>>130059507
Thanks anon...it appears this type of dialogue is not popular anymore.

Im a Cruz missile now. Also you suck at DotA

>>130059626
This. As soon as I heard the (((MSM))) claim he's honest I knew it was all a setup.

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>>130052560
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/13/302.17

Clear conflict.

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>>130052560
Wrong screenshot

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/13/302.17

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>>130050620
>>130052560

> Media spamming the claim that Trump is going to fire Mueller
> Treating it as a complete given at this point
> Literally only source suggesting Trump wanted to fire Mueller was the CEO of Newsmax
> Trump can't even legally fire Mueller, only Rosenstien has that authority, and has repeatedly explained that he isn't going to unless Mueller does something illegal
> Even previous special Prosecutors are now coming out and calling Mueller on allowing so many leaks

Reminder that these same "reliable sources" previously claimed that Trump fired Comey after he asked for a bigger budget for Russia investigation (Something McCabe explicitly denied as not only not happening, but not even being realistic since they don't budget individual investigations) and that Comey was going to accuse Trump of obstruction during his testimony (he explicitly said Trump didn't obstruct the investigation)

At this point I could call WaPo from a fucking pizzaria pay-phone and speak pig latin to them and they'd publish it as an exclusive inside source if I told them Trump was holed up in the white house drinking his own pee and letting Barron run the government while he played LoL

>>130060874
>The day before Coats, Rodgers, and Rosenstein testified Washington Post says they will testify that Trump obstructed, based on anonymous sources.
>The opposite happened
>The left still takes them serious

>>130060874
>>130060874

This document seems to be 100% legit.

>>130050620
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/dissolve-special-counsel

Here's the petition

>>130052560
For fuck sake. How can anyone be as dumb as you? Quit LARPing you fucking faggot.

Total conflict of interest. Fire Mueller now.

>>130061901

> This low effort of a psyops

And liberals will STILL fall for the headline tomorrow "Republicans demand end to special investigation"

Bumping against conflict.