For precisely what federal crimes is the president of the United States under investigation by a special counsel appointed by the Justice Department?
The regulations under which he made the appointment require a factual basis for believing that a federal crime worthy of investigation or prosecution has been committed; a conflict of interest so significant that the Justice Department is unable to investigate this suspected crime in the normal course; and an articulation of the factual basis for the criminal investigation - i.e., the investigation of specified federal crimes - which shapes the boundaries of the special counsel's jurisdiction.
Special Counsel Neither Necessary Nor Authorized for Investigation of Russia If the president were a Democrat, it would be pointed out that to question the special counsel's criminal investigation of the president is not to question the FBI's counterintelligence investigation of Russia's interference in the 2016 election.
If the counterintelligence investigation were incidentally to turn up concrete evidence that Donald Trump had committed a crime, no one denies that a special counsel appointment would be appropriate at that time.
Unless and until that were to happen, a counterintelligence investigation does not need a prosecutor at all, much less a special counsel.
The anti-Trump Left decries all criticism as an effort to "Delegitimize" and "Obstruct" the Mueller investigation.
If Rod Rosenstein would just explain what the regs call for him to explain - namely, the basis to believe that Donald Trump conspired with the Kremlin to violate a specific federal criminal law, or is somehow criminally complicit in the Kremlin's election sabotage - then we can all get behind Robert Mueller's investigation.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/trump-russia-probe-robert-mueller-investigation/
The regulations under which he made the appointment require a factual basis for believing that a federal crime worthy of investigation or prosecution has been committed; a conflict of interest so significant that the Justice Department is unable to investigate this suspected crime in the normal course; and an articulation of the factual basis for the criminal investigation - i.e., the investigation of specified federal crimes - which shapes the boundaries of the special counsel's jurisdiction.
Special Counsel Neither Necessary Nor Authorized for Investigation of Russia If the president were a Democrat, it would be pointed out that to question the special counsel's criminal investigation of the president is not to question the FBI's counterintelligence investigation of Russia's interference in the 2016 election.
If the counterintelligence investigation were incidentally to turn up concrete evidence that Donald Trump had committed a crime, no one denies that a special counsel appointment would be appropriate at that time.
Unless and until that were to happen, a counterintelligence investigation does not need a prosecutor at all, much less a special counsel.
The anti-Trump Left decries all criticism as an effort to "Delegitimize" and "Obstruct" the Mueller investigation.
If Rod Rosenstein would just explain what the regs call for him to explain - namely, the basis to believe that Donald Trump conspired with the Kremlin to violate a specific federal criminal law, or is somehow criminally complicit in the Kremlin's election sabotage - then we can all get behind Robert Mueller's investigation.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/trump-russia-probe-robert-mueller-investigation/
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