Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Says Mueller
Should Resign as Special Prosecutor
Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Says Mueller Should Resign
as Special Prosecutor
As a former member of the Wall Street Journal’s
editorial board, I agree.
WSJ Editorial Board Calls for Robert Mueller to Step
Down After FBI Agent’s Anti-Trump Texts
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by ADAM SHAW7 Dec 2017
The Wall Street Journal increased the pressure on
embattled FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Tuesday with a scathing op-ed
from its editorial board, calling on Mueller to resign over the controversy
surrounding a lead investigator’s anti-Trump texts.
The New York Times and the Washington
Post reported over the weekend that Mueller dismissed FBI agent Peter
Strzok over anti-Trump texts he sent to an FBI lawyer with whom he was having
an extramarital affair.
Since then, outlets have reported that Strzok was
involved in the interview of former national security Michael Flynn, who was
charged last week for lying to the FBI. Strzok was also involved in the Hillary
Clinton email probe, where he reportedly interviewed two top Clinton aides and
was later behind the change of language Comey used to describe her behavior —
changing the language from “grossly negligent” to “extremely careless.”
The Journal’s editorial board argued Tuesday that the scandal is reason for Mueller
to stand down, noting that Mueller and the Justice Department had kept the
information from investigators in the House, and refused to allow Strzok to be
interviewed.
The board, which can not accurately be described as
“pro-Trump,” argues in addition to the FBI’s questionable moves and
stonewalling — including about possible connections to the Fusion GPS “Trump
dossier” — it is far from clear if Mueller can be trusted to run the probe. It
notes in particular Mueller’s connection to former FBI Director James Comey:
All of this reinforces our doubts about Mr. Mueller’s
ability to conduct a fair and credible probe of the FBI’s considerable part in
the Russia-Trump drama. Mr. Mueller ran the bureau for 12 years and is fast
friends with Mr. Comey, whose firing by Mr. Trump triggered his appointment as
special counsel. The reluctance to cooperate with a congressional inquiry
compounds doubts related to this clear conflict of interest.
The Journal also argues that there
have been a number of examples of resistance from the FBI more broadly to
congressional oversight, particularly Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s
role in ignoring House subpoenas. Rosenstein appointed Mueller to the role.
The Journal argues that the
increasing focus on the FBI, and Mueller’s role in that, means he should step
down:
The latest news supports our view that Mr. Mueller is
too conflicted to investigate the FBI and should step down in favor of someone
more credible. The investigation would surely continue, though perhaps with
someone who doesn’t think his job includes protecting the FBI and Mr. Comey
from answering questions about their role in the 2016 election.
The Journal’s board called for
Mueller to stand down in October after revelations about the FBI’s actions
surrounding the sale of Uranium One to Russian energy giant Rosatom, as well as
the need for answers behind the FBI’s role in the Trump dossier.
“It is no slur against Mr. Mueller’s integrity to say
that he lacks the critical distance to conduct a credible probe of the bureau
he ran for a dozen years,” the Journal’s editorial board wrote.
Adam Shaw is a Breitbart News politics reporter based
in New York. Follow Adam on Twitter: @AdamShawNY.
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