Trump is in big fucking trouble. He has pissed and shit on two things Mueller holds dear.

[shockey80]

The FBI and the law. Trump has been insulting the FBI for two years. He calls Comey a liar all the time. He makes a mockery of the law.

I believe Mueller wants blood and his scalp. This will be an epic takedown.

Mueller can already prove Trump and his demons that work for him committed obstruction of justice. Thats done. I do not believe Mueller will stop there.

What is not being taking seriously enough by the press and many people is Trump denied an attack on America by our enemy because he was working with them. He tried to cover it up. That is conspiracy. Mueller will prove it.

Then there is the money. Mueller is following the money and he may evidence of money laundering.

I believe this has become very personnel for Mueller. I believe Mueller and Comey hate Trumps guts. Trump is every thing in life they hate. They want blood.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I think Mueller is too ethical and too smart to make this matter "personal."

When you start taking things personally you become angry, you lose your objectivity and you start making mistakes. Mueller is smarter than that. He will go where the evidence leads him and nowhere else, and will prosecute only the offenses he can prove. The worst thing he could do is turn this into a vendetta, and I don't believe he will do that.

[frogmarch]

3. I agree 100%

You took the words right out of my mouth (and phrased them lots better than I could have).

[efhmc]

20. My thoughts exactly. Lucky for the country because everything will be entirely fact

and witnessed based.

[Eyeball_Kid]

6. Yep. Mueller's indictments will be fact-based. He won't fall for the emotional stuff.

And Mueller may indict well over 50 people. This is no small operation. It will serve as a cleansing action.

[dalton99a]

7. Mueller also has a superb staff

and he runs a tight ship

[Kablooie]

10. But he must realize the seriousness of this.

This isn't a normal 'bring the bad guys to justice' case.
This is a fight to retain the rule of law itself in America.
If this case fails the very foundations of our country would crumble.

[emulatorloo]

12. Well said n/t

[Fullduplexxx]

14. Agreed he just got rid of someone on his staff for posting anti-trump rhetoric

He cant let any hint of bias come out or the right will hang the entire investigation on it

[gvstn]

24. Just to be clear he fired that guy back in August.

So fairly early on in an investigation that started mid-May with Mr. Strzok joining the team only in mid-July. So he worked about a month before being removed. Conservative sites are framing the issue like it just happened but that is not the case.

Because of his previous ties to the Clinton investigation, some were taken by surprise when it was announced July 13 that Strzok was joining the team of over 25 people, including FBI employees and support staff, in Mueller’s exclusive probe.

http://heavy.com/news/2017/12/peter-strzok-lisa-page-fbi-trump-texts-affair/amp/

[notdarkyet]

23. Like Starr? Talk about a rabid vigilante vendetta. How much did that cost?

[sprinkleeninow]

29. Yes! Yes! eom

[vlyons]

30. It's not so much that it's personal

but that Mueller recognizes the criminal and treasonous acts committed by Trump. There will be a great reckoning.

[Greybnk48]

2. I think you are spot on

and I look forward to watching it happen. I don't think he will do it in anger or as a Vendetta, but he will do it with purpose, which is different.

[Fred Sanders]

4. Makes Arrests Great Again. One footsoldier and one campos in the witness box and three in chains.

All waiting for judgment day and we are all waiting for the next mobster domino to fall.

[captain queeg]

5. Playing his cards so well

Though I get frustrated by the slowness of the investigation he is playing his hand so well. Getting Flynn to flip and plead guilty was genius. You know the Trumpsters don’t want to believe anything against their lord and savior. Flynn makes it clear to the most ignorant repugs that crimes have taken place. If he’d had have to taken Flynn to court to prove anything the Trumpsters would just deny all and say he’d being railroaded.

I’m actually able to watch the news again after being so discouraged for so long.

[VOX]

19. Actually, the *most ignorant repugs* believe the criminals are Hillary, Obama & Soros, etc.

They wouldn’t care if their boy tRump had actually shot (as boasted) someone on 5th Avenue. There’s a swath of hinterland yahoos that worships tRump, for no other reason that they like having a big mouth (and ego) run the ship, even if it founders.

Just want to make sure that the genuine worst of the right is included here — they would welcome a fascist dictatorship. THAT’S how low (as in subhuman) they’ve allowed themselves to go.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

28. Many seem to have single-issue brains with consequences be damned.

Anti-abortion and pro-gun being the most prevalent. Nothing else seems to matter, and grandma and the grand-kids go under the bus.

What amazes me is how little government has to do with the key issues they hang their hat (and future) on.

............

[VOX]

37. And contrary to their shopworn mantra about *smaller government*...

Those one-or-two-issue right-wingers are fighting to EXPAND the reach of government into those areas where it absolutely has no business going, other than to protect citizens from any brand of extremism. They go after:
1) women’s health (a women’s right to choose is not in their narrow biblical worldview);
2) inserting their fundamentalist Christian religion into government and public schools;
3) loosening any/all restrictions of firearms and ammo sales and availability.

They refuse to view these issues as deleterious to the health and safety of most citizens. They are, in their blind zealousness, hacking away at the very liberties they profess to love so much.

[pandr32]

8. They see tRump and company for who and what they are

None of the spin has had any effect on Meuller and his team. They pay close attention and see the coverup as it happens--sometimes in tweets. Everything is analyzed and documented. This is a methodical takedown by the FBI and related law enforcement.
They have pulled the threads--every one of them, and follow where they lead. This is personal only in the sense that Mueller and his team know that it is their sworn call to duty to take down those who are hellbent on destroying the laws and traditions this country has always upheld--until tRump and treason that is.

[Puzzledtraveller]

9. I would not trust Comey or Mueller

you have no way of knowing what is in their heads or who's interests they ultimately serve, why so many have a fondness or at least a hope that Comey will somehow be on our side if he in turns harms Trump is beyond me. Comey nearly single handedly costs us the election, in my opinion, much more than Russia.

[shockey80]

11. I agree, Mueller will not let his emotions get in the way.

I am just saying those emotions are there.

[sunonmars]

13. This all but signals Trump is shitting himself, he's apoplectic.

[shockey80]

15. Do not be too harsh on Comey.

Comey is honest and he believes in the law. He made a big mistake with the Hillary investigation because he was worried about the politics, the election. He was in a tough position because he knew the FBI would look bad no matter what he did in the e-mail investigation. He was trying to please both sides which was not possible. Put yourself in his shoes, that was a very tough position he was in.

[L. Coyote]

16. Bullshit. Trump was already in deep shit and Mueller is a professional, not like Trump.

Get a grip!

Mueller isn't swayed by tweets, while trump might nuke someone for a tweet. Mueller is following the law and carrying out his responsibilities under the law.

[nolabear]

17. Muellers silence is the most encouraging thing.

No drama. No tweets. No interviews. No offhand remarks. Just doing the job, the way a pro is supposed to.

[sprinkleeninow]

32. Noticed, and this is encouraging.

Professionalism to the max.

[Maraya1969]

18. What about Treason? He colluded with a hostile enemy to take control of the US?

trea·son

ˈtrēzən/Submit

noun

the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government.

"they were convicted of treason"

synonyms: treachery, disloyalty, betrayal, faithlessness; More
the action of betraying someone or something.
plural noun: treasons
"doubt is the ultimate treason against faith"
synonyms: treachery, disloyalty, betrayal, faithlessness; More

[cannabis_flower]

21. The US statute only applies..

when we are at war. Too bad. However, I think there will be plenty of other things to convict him on.

[rockfordfile]

35. I think in the general sense yes it's treason. Americans see that.

[HipChick]

22. Piss and shit on FBI,the law and the press?

all 3? yep...

[Calista241]

25. There will be entire history and political science courses about this subject

If that happens. I’m trying to not get too optimistic, but i still think Mueller will take out Bannon or someone else high up and call it a day without going after Trump.

If Mueller does what everyone here thinks / hopes, it would be the most epic prosecution in the history of history. It would make OJ, Nixon, 9/11, the Civil Rights riots and Pearl Harbor look like just another day.

And our country will come to blows over it; people will die. Every single member of Mueller’s team better have bodyguards of their own and for their families.

And i do believe it would blow back on us as well. Trump may be unpopular now, but he’ll be able to wage the public relations war of the century against Mueller and Democrats. And he’ll be the underdog.

[rockfordfile]

34. Most Americans see Trump as un-American.

[Calista241]

36. I don't think so. I live in a red state, and he still has pretty high support here.

they certainly don't see him as un-American. Some may think of him as an idiot, but un-American would be one of the last adjectives that come to mind when i think of Trump.

[ALBliberal]

26. I wonder if Comey's tweets are strategic meant to

bring Red Don's self incrimination twitter rages on.

[OverBurn]

27. I pray you are right. I still believe nothing will happen and Trump will walk scott free.

I'm just very pessimistic after the events of the last year 1/2. The whole f'ing country has gone nuts.

[mobeau69]

31. Around 30%

and they were nuts to begin with.

[ecstatic]

33. I really hope you're right, but I don't trust repubs to do the right thing

And at the end of the day, Mueller is a republican.

[RandomAccess]

38. I also think -- or at least want to believe --

that Mueller is a true patriot, that he recognizes the existential threat Trump is to our nation as a whole and so much else in the world, recognized early on that Trump and Russia were a "thing" for real, and wants to get things fixed.

I don't think that makes him biased, I think that would make him insightful and prescient. After you've been seeing the patterns that crooks and others make for a number of years, it doesn't take much to suss out yet another criminal conspiracy behind the curtain, poking out now and then.