If (big ig) there is absolutely no collusion then a simple procedural crime does nothing but negatively impact the administration and as an extension the government. If it was only meetings after the election then the lie has no real impact to any americans but a long drawn out investigation has certainly impacted the country.
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The type of highly qualified and intelligent people needed for such investigations would seem to be more likely to have opinions on political races. I'm sure there are Pro-Trump people at the FBI as well. Regardless, the dude was removed from Mueller's task force when they determined he might have a bias against Trump, so yay Mueller?
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Also, a point of clarification, the Baier indictment story involved the Clinton Foundation not the candidate. Obviously, certain elements ran with that baton of inference, but still.
Sure, but I think that most of those people would also recognize the conflict of interest represented by taking a pronounced political stance on a matter that they happened to be investigating. I understand your contention is that all of this was pillow talk, but if anyone should have truly known better it would be the lawyer and a freaking cointel official.
The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to make sure he doesn’t get a gun.
In all fairness, the internal investigation on the matter hasn’t concluded, so it would be premature to say one way or the other.
Taint is taint though. Does it destroy the underpinnings of the probe? No. Does it allow outsiders to rightfully question the integrity of the players/personnel involved? Absolutely.
Because the Russia collusion investigation is taking precedent over everything and quite frankly it should because its a much more serious allegation. I want to know if Trump colluded with Russia as does everyone in the country. However, if it comes out there is no evidence of collusion and the Mueller investigation is completed then you better expect lots more splinter investigations to come out. Obama/HRC better hope that evidence of collusion exists.
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