Thursday, May 17, 2018

"One Year of Mueller's Special Counsel Investigation, By The Numbers" - Sam Romine

Thursday marks the one year anniversary of the beginning of special counsel Mueller's investigation. Thus far, Mueller has charged 22 people and companies, brought about 75 total criminal charges, achieved 5 guilty pleas, and 1 person has been sentenced. Mueller's original purpose was to uncover a possible collusion between Trump and Russia in the 2017 election, but so far no such connection has been made. Trump has heavily criticized Mueller's investigation, calling it a "witch hunt" in one of his tweets. Despite his publicized dislike of the investigation, Trump has cooperated, reportedly giving over 20 thousand pages of documents from the White House and 1.4m pages provided by the campaign itself. He also has suggested he would like to speak with Mueller in a testimony as long as "he is treated fairly."

These events can by synthesizes to Watergate. Despite no glaring allegations have been made against Trump, the fact his administration's behavior called for a special investigation speaks for itself. Mueller needs to continue his quest to purify the White House and create a safer, more transparent America.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/17/politics/one-year-robert-mueller-russia-investigation-special-counsel/index.html

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