Mueller Legally Required To Resign As Special Counsel
POSTED BY: JEWELSTAITEFAN
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 15:00
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Okay, since you won't/can't answer my question: What did Mueller do to warrant removal? I will answer for you based on the statute you presented, namely:
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28 CFR 600.7 - Conduct and accountability.
(d) The Special Counsel may be disciplined or removed from office only by the personal action of the Attorney General. The Attorney General may remove a Special Counsel for misconduct, dereliction of duty, incapacity, conflict of interest, or for other good cause, including violation of Departmental policies. The Attorney General shall inform the Special Counsel in writing of the specific reason for his or her removal.
In other words, the AG won't ask Special Counsel to resign, he will fire him because, according to Section D above, he is the only one that can "remove" him. END OF STORY.
He is not required to "RESIGN." If the Special Counsel violates any of the rules and regs of the DOJ; only the AG could fire him. The AG will produce it in writing, when he determines it is for good cause. The AG will also report to Congress.
Checks and balances, my friend, checks and balances.
SGG
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I forgot to answer this one:
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28 CFR 45.2 - Disqualification arising from personal or political relationship.
(a) Unless authorized under paragraph (b) of this section, no employee shall participate in a criminal investigation or prosecution if he has a personal or political relationship with:
(1) Any person or organization substantially involved in the conduct that is the subject of the investigation or prosecution; or
(2) Any person or organization which he knows has a specific and substantial interest that would be directly affected by the outcome of the investigation or prosecution.
In response I say, I'm assuming you're talking about the "relationship" between Comey and Mueller. Okay, let's take a look, shall we?
(1) Let me ask you this: Is Comey or Mueller being investigated or prosecuted? If the answer is NO then we move on to...
(2) Since Comey was fired for conducting the investigation of the alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, then Comey no longer has a "specific or substantial interest" in the case, and is not "directly affected" by the outcome...
Trump outsmarted himself when he fired Comey, which opened the door for Mueller to be hired by the acting AG Rosenstein. Again, if there was any legal standing to remove/fire or force Mueller to resign, the Trump rocket scientists lawyers would have made that motion in court or Congress, whichever is appropriate.
Now Sessions recused himself because HE WAS directly involved and would directly be affected by the investigation and prosecution. Plus he didn't recuse himself right away, he was asked to recuse and he did so based upon DOJ rules & regs. You see how that worked out. A neat little bow.
SGG
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Are you saying you are in the dark about the relationship between Comey and Mueller?
No, I am not, but you should have said what it was about Comey or Mueller that was a violation of the statute. Now that I know that it's the "friendship" you are worried about, now I can answer.
Were that a problem, Trump's brilliant attorneys would have filed a protest or motion to dismiss Mueller as a legitimate pick.....oh wait, it seems they did.
http://www.snopes.com/comey-mueller-besties/
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Conflict of interest means there’s some financial or pecuniary benefit that could come one’s way [as a result of an investigation]. For example, If I had worked at a business and business has something at stake, that’s a conflict. But just people being friends and knowing each other, that’s not a conflict.
Tell me, what benefit would go Comey's way if Mueller remains as SC?
SGG
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Quote:Are you in the dark about the special relationship between Special Counsel Mueller and Trump?
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Are you saying you are in the dark about the relationship between Comey and Mueller?
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Second, that was HI-larious! Thanks for posting, I missed that one on Colbert's show.
You know what this means? Trump will have to step down because he has a "Special" relationship with Special Counsel Mueller; and that constitutes a conflict of interest.
Ahhhh shit! Now things are getting interesting!
Ha!
SGG
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Originally posted by second:Quote:Are you in the dark about the special relationship between Special Counsel Mueller and Trump?
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Are you saying you are in the dark about the relationship between Comey and Mueller?
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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John Durham’s Report and a Presidency in Crisis
https://www.wsj.com/articles/durham-and-a-presidency-in-crisis-fbi-cia
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