toomuchtime_
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Not just according to me, but according to the law. Police and prosecutors need probable cause to continue investigations that produce no results after a few yeas or such investigations are considered harassment and are subject to legal action against the police and prosecutors. By appointing a special counsel with poorly defined authority, Mueller is protected against such law suits, If Mueller cannot produce any evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, he should do the honorable thing and close his investigation, turning whatever he has over to the Justice Department and the FBI. If you had any respect for our system of democracy or for the rule of law, you would agree with me.So you opinion is not based on what you know about the investigation but on what you don't know. By your reasoning, everyone is legitimately a suspect for everything unless he can prove he is innoccent..There is no rational reason for Mueller to continue the investigation since by this time it is clear that there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government unless Mueller is simply a political shill trying to generate negative headlines about Trump despite the fact he has no evidence to support them. If Mueller were an honorable man, as many thought he was at the beginning of the investigation, he would close the investigation and resign.President Trump is really, really, really pissed off that Mueller is investigating Russia and the Trump campaign.
But really- is the investigation actually harming Trump? No.
It is an irritation, and one he lashes out about- but it is not preventing him from firing his cabinet members, or proposing tax cuts or agreeing to talk to North Korea.
So there is no rational reason why Trump would want to fire Mueller- unless Trump is guilty.
Firing Robert Mueller Would Hurt Trump More Than Help | National Review
As the National Review said:
Moving at this point would be rational only if Trump feared some thermonuclear revelation that wouldn’t be survivable. It’s not clear what, in the current news and political environment, that would be. Everything is so perishable, and Trump has such a strong hold on his party’s base, he could presumably weather almost anything
If Trump fires Mueller- it will either be further evidence that Trump is not rational- or it will be further evidence of Trump's guilt- of something.
And you know this- how?
Do you have access to all of the testimony that Mueller has heard?
Do you have access to all of the documents that Mueller has read?
Mueller hasn't been the one trying to generate headlines- he hasn't been the one playing this up to the press- Donald Trump is the one playing this up to the press- with his public attacks on Mueller and the investigation.
By your 'reasoning', no one should ever be investigated for anything unless there is a photo of him giving a blowjob to Putin.
There was a legitimate cause for action for this investigation. Mueller continues that investigation and none of us know what he has found yet.
I think Mueller should finish his investigation- and Trump is not guilty of collusion- so should you.