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The failed investigation by Robert Mueller yielded several charges of lying to congress. It turns out that Mueller lied under oath to Congress because of a recent email from Rod Rosenstein to the president. Will he be prosecuted? Maybe but I seriously doubt it. This goes back to an accusation President Trump made. He claimed that Mueller had interviewed for the job heading the FBI, but didn’t get it.

On the other hand, Mueller denied that he interviewed for the FBI job at all, but who told the truth? First, let us remember the questioning of Mueller by Florida Republican Representative Greg Steube:

Steube: Mr. Mueller, over here, did you indeed interview for the FBI Director job one day before you were appointed as Special Counsel?

Mueller: My understanding was I was not applying for the job, I was asked to give my input on what it would take to do the job which treated the interview you’re talking about.

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Steube: So you don’t recall on May 16, 2017, that you interviewed with the President regarding the FBI Director job?

Mueller: I interviewed with the President.

Steube: For the FBI Director job?

Mueller: It was about the job and not me applying for the job.

Steube: So your statement here today is that you didn’t interview to apply for the FBI Director job?

Mueller: That’s correct.

Steube: So did you tell the Vice President that the FBI Director position would be the one job you would come back to for?

Mueller: I don’t recall that one.

Well, as it turns out the proof was a long time in coming but it finally made it. In an email from Rod Rosenstein to the president, he told Trump that Mueller was no longer interested in the FBI. That was on the very same day that Rosenstein appointed Mueller as the special counsel.

This may have created a suspicious-looking coincidence, but it also proved that Mueller lied. The lying to congress is a serious crime and Mueller viewed it dimly. The question becomes what is to be done about it and when? And it appears to be that Mueller was trying for the FBI job and Special counsel at the same time. Would he have tried to submarine Trump as the FBI director?

One thing is certain, the House won’t bring charges because Mueller is their guy. Mueller will go scot-free. No one will have the guts to charge him. But, it does show that Trump was telling them the truth about Mueller. At least we will have that satisfaction.

 

 

What this does is raise doubts over whether Mueller was conflicted. Furthermore, whether he lied to hide that conflict. I think the answer is obvious, but I still don’t foresee any action taken against Mueller. At the end of the day, this will just be one more bit of proof of being a two-tier justice system. One set of laws for Democrats and one for the Republicans. But, we already knew that. Just look at Hillary Clinton.

Steven Ahle

Steven is a syndicated columnist for DavidJHarrisJr.com, The Range and other news websites. He is also an author, whose books can be found on Amazon.com. All enjoy a 5 star rating. They are A Walk Through the Willows, Melissa's Song, The Tangled Web, Innocent, The Calculating Corpse and It's All About me.

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