>When the Mueller investigations approval ratings are nearing 50% wtf America at least let it run it's course.
5 people have already pleaded guilty on several accounts it's not a witch hunt!
And yet, we're still waiting for charges to be laid on anyone remotely close to Trump (apart from Manafort, which was financial crimes - unrelated to Mueller's scope) and there seems to be little evidence that anything the investigation has produced in relation to the possibility of collusion isn't based off of the Steele dossier, which may not even stand in court.
We knew in 2016 that the Russians interfered with the election process - so what is the investigation doing, then? It's been over a year since Congress appointed him, and so far the questions that he was appointed to answer haven't been answered. So, what is his scope, and when will it run its course? By the next election cycle? That would be rather politically motivated eh?
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5 people have already pleaded guilty on several accounts it's not a witch hunt!
is technically correct, but only correct in the sense that it's a mildly productive investigation. Since Trump has been assured privately that he isn't under investigation, and no evidence or charges brought towards him or his family, it seems like the focus on him as the epicenter of collusion reeks of political motives. Republicans grow weary of the investigation not because they believe he's close to a breakthrough, but because most likely it's going to drag on for years more with no important charges laid to the Trump family.
In fact, by laying charges against companies with Russian ties like Concord, they opened themselves up to having to give Putin inner circle people valuable discovery - potentially a massive blunder, and one that feels like they didn't even expect a plea.
https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/05/07/with-the-concord-consulting-not-guilty-plea-russians-continue-to-win-the-lawfare-hockey-title/ Seems like a political move gone wrong!
