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Originally Posted by cnredd
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We pretty much know when Mueller knew this and why it doesn't really matter. Although Bruce G. Ohr was an associate deputy attorney general and therefore oversaw much of the FBI investigation into the Trump-Russia connections, he was not a part of Mueller's team of investigators and was not vetted by Mueller nor did his position at DOJ have any direct influence on the Mueller investigation.
Arguably Mueller learned about Ohr's contacts and connection (through his wife) with Fusion GPS the same time that the rest of us learned about it. There would have been no reason for the DOJ to notify Mueller prior to it's decision to remove Ohr from his associate deputy attorney general responsibilities.
I've not read the actual reason from the DOJ on why Ohr was removed from his associate deputy attorney general role but assume it was for failure to reveal a potential conflict of interest. A potential conflict of interest does not indicate that the potential conflict of interest had any bearing on his actual actions in this DOJ role. It does violate the ethics rules for the DOJ but does not indicate any actual wrongdoing or influence in an investigation.
The problem here is the "rights" attempt to slander Robert Mueller and his team of investigators over Ohr's connections through his wife with Fusion GPS and his undisclosed meetings with members of Fusion GPS. Robert Mueller's integrity in law enforcement is beyond dispute and he's gone to special lengths to ensure that no stain of "partisanship" in his investigation exists. When it was found that Peter Strzok had sent anti-Trump texts to a colleague while playing a decisive role in last year’s investigation into Mrs. Clinton’s private server Robert Mueller removed Strzok from his investigation team. There was no reason to believe that Strzok's anti-Trump position has any influence on his role in investigating Clinton's emails but Mueller wanted to ensure that an "anti-Trump" bias could not be falsely alleged against his investigative team.
The Right's attempt, lead by Senator Nune's that's been established as an active shill for the Trump White House, to discredit Mueller is farcical at best. Robert Mueller's integrity is so well established that it can't be tarnished by false allegations coming from Republicans that only months ago were stating that Mueller's integrity in law enforcement is beyond any dispute.
Not even the false claims against Christopher Steele's dossier on Donald Trump have merit. The importance of Steele's dossier to the FBI was predicated upon the fact that Steele is a recognized expert on the Russians and has submitted over 100 reports to the US State Department all of which have been considered to be very accurate and worth taking seriously. Steele did not produce an "anti-Trump" dossier on Donald Trump and the Russians. Steele produced an investigative report on Trump's connections with the Russians that had damning evidence against Trump in it because of Trump's connections with the Russians. There was never any political bias by Christopher Steele because Christopher Steele, as the former British MI6 head of the Russia Desk, couldn't care less about US politics.
The "Right" is trying everything possible to change the subject from the facts to false allegations and conspiracy theories because of the facts.
The FACTS are scaring Republicans and Trump supporters and they're trying to do anything possible to distract from the FACTS.