The Mueller investigation is on firm and solid ground. There is no need for a congressional approval of such an appointee, as was the same for the Star investigation under AG Janet Reno.
To make clear, the Star investigation did not start with Lewinski, but, White Water. There was never any impeachment based in the original subject of the Star investigation. There was believed to be some high reaching criminal activity when Star was brought into the Office of Independent Counsel.
The Office of Special Counsel is an office of the United States Department of Justice. It assumed the functions of the former Office of the Independent Counsel in 1999 (under Department of Justice regulation 28 CFR Part 600 (click here)). The current regulations governing the office were drafted by former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal.
May 17, 2017
By Jessic Taylor and Carrie Johnson
The Justice Department (click here) is appointing former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special counsel to oversee the growing probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible ties to associates of President Trump.
"In my capacity as acting Attorney General, I determined that it is in the public interest for me to exercise my authority and appoint a Special Counsel to assume responsibility for this matter," Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said in a statement.
"My decision is not a finding that crimes have been committed or that any prosecution is warranted. I have made no such determination," Rosenstein continued. "What I have determined is that based upon the unique circumstances, the public interest requires me to place this investigation under the authority of a person who exercises a degree of independence from the normal chain of command."
"I accept this responsibility and will discharge it to the best of my ability," Mueller said Wednesday evening....
To be clear, the office Former FBI Director Robert Mueller is holding is well-established law and process. Only a month or so ago Paul Manafort's attorneys ask the judge to dismiss the case. After examining the briefs, statutes and legal arguments, the judge refused dismissal. If there was any way to send this investigation I am confident every defense lawyer would have brought it forward by now.
The constitutional basis of this office within the Justice Department was established to prevent imperial power by the Executive Branch.
The reason I believe this rhetoric is dangerous is that there are far too many guns on the streets of the USA and hatred as thick as pea soup. If the American people believed the investigation was based solely in political impetus the country could be seeing some very upsetting and widespread violence. I don't want Americans at risk for assault by other Americans, nor in prisons for life or on death row if in Texas for widespread violence and deaths. I think any political rhetoric this dense in hatred is dangerous to the people.
