https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...recuse-himself-from-overseeing-robert-mueller
[Mueller is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and possible links to the Trump campaign. He is also investigating if President Trump obstructed justice when he fired former FBI Director James Comey, which happened less than two weeks before Mueller was appointed.
Graham noted that Trump relied on a memo written by Rosenstein to fire Comey, and wondered if that could be the source of a potential Rosenstein-Mueller conflict.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., asked Rosenstein if he considers himself a potential witness in Mueller’s investigation.
“If not, why not?” he wrote. “If so, should you recuse yourself from further interactions with and oversight of the Mueller investigation?”
Rosenstein appointed Mueller as special counsel in May 2017 after the recusal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Rosenstein is acting attorney general in this situation, and has oversight into every move the Mueller investigation makes — he also is the only one with constitutional authority to fire the special counsel.]
Rosenstein conflicts of interest:
-Rosenstein signed off on at least one of the FISA warrants.
-Rosenstein recommended the firing of FBI Director Comey.
Mueller conflicts of interest:
-investigators are all Clinton donors and partisans.
-Mueller was FBI director during the time Clinton was not protecting her emails. It's possible he's investigating Trump as defense to prevent a Trump administration from investigating what he did as FBI director.
Sessions conflicts of interest:
-Met with Russian ambassador more times than he remembered.
It's obvious that both Rosenstein and Mueller have an exponentially greater level of conflict of interests than Sessions and yet Sessions is the only one who took the high road.
[Mueller is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and possible links to the Trump campaign. He is also investigating if President Trump obstructed justice when he fired former FBI Director James Comey, which happened less than two weeks before Mueller was appointed.
Graham noted that Trump relied on a memo written by Rosenstein to fire Comey, and wondered if that could be the source of a potential Rosenstein-Mueller conflict.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., asked Rosenstein if he considers himself a potential witness in Mueller’s investigation.
“If not, why not?” he wrote. “If so, should you recuse yourself from further interactions with and oversight of the Mueller investigation?”
Rosenstein appointed Mueller as special counsel in May 2017 after the recusal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Rosenstein is acting attorney general in this situation, and has oversight into every move the Mueller investigation makes — he also is the only one with constitutional authority to fire the special counsel.]
Rosenstein conflicts of interest:
-Rosenstein signed off on at least one of the FISA warrants.
-Rosenstein recommended the firing of FBI Director Comey.
Mueller conflicts of interest:
-investigators are all Clinton donors and partisans.
-Mueller was FBI director during the time Clinton was not protecting her emails. It's possible he's investigating Trump as defense to prevent a Trump administration from investigating what he did as FBI director.
Sessions conflicts of interest:
-Met with Russian ambassador more times than he remembered.
It's obvious that both Rosenstein and Mueller have an exponentially greater level of conflict of interests than Sessions and yet Sessions is the only one who took the high road.
