Republicans hammer Mueller, FBI as Russia investigation intensifies

[DonViejo]

By Devlin Barrett and Sean Sullivan December 6 at 6:44 PM

Republican activists and lawmakers are engaged in a multi-front attack on special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s probe of possible connections between associates of President Trump and Russian agents, trying to stop or curtail the investigation as it moves further into Trump’s inner circle.

For months, the president and his allies have been seizing on any whiff of possible impropriety by Mueller’s team or the FBI to argue that the Russia probe is stacked against Trump — potentially building the political support needed to dismiss the special counsel.

Several law enforcement officials said they are concerned that the constant drumbeat of conservative criticism seems designed to erode Mueller’s credibility, making it more politically palatable to remove, restrict or simply ignore his recommendations as his investigation progresses.

Fox News Channel personality Sean Hannity, one of the president’s informal advisers as well as one of his most vociferous defenders, on Tuesday night called Mueller “a disgrace to the American justice system’’ and said his team is “corrupt, abusively biased and political.’’

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[kentuck]

1. FOX News and WSJ must have got the memo.

It is now all-out assault on Mueller.

[rurallib]

2. seems to be a strategy that works right now with Franken resigning.

[NewJeffCT]

3. They're doing this to justify firing Mueller

or, not continuing with the investigation if Trump gets Mueller fired.

[SonofDonald]

4. It's obvious they are scared to death

Of him taking them down, an innocent person doesn't piss off the law enforcement investigating them.

A guilty person usually keeps his mouth shut, a really guilty person keeps right on spreading the lies and trying to derail the investigation.

It's disgusting that more on our side aren't speaking up against the cabal of deplorables trying to change the subject, what the fuck are they waiting for?.

I think Mueller is about to drop another big one, right on dumpfs head, they know it's coming soon and want to get him fired, they have to find a justification and spread it on thick.

I guess it's about time to take to the streets.