{"id":25762,"date":"2017-10-31T22:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T22:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=25762"},"modified":"2017-10-31T22:00:28","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T22:00:28","slug":"let-the-mueller-probe-proceed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=25762","title":{"rendered":"Let the Mueller probe proceed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Good news — if you want to call it that — is coming from U.S. Senate Republicans.<\/p>\n

Senior GOP lawmakers are pledging to allow special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into that “Russia thing” proceed to its conclusion. I’ll presume they intend to let it go wherever it leads.<\/p>\n

Mueller delivered three indictments this week. They likely are the first of more to follow. The big fish Mueller reeled in is Paul Manafort, Donald J. Trump’s one-time presidential campaign chairman, who stands accused of money laundering and “conspiracy against the United States.”<\/p>\n

Mueller’s probe seeks to determine — among other matters — whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russian hackers seeking to influence the 2016 presidential election outcome.<\/p>\n

According to The Washington Post: “My basic philosophy is, once you have an independent counsel, you ought to give him a chance to follow the facts,” said Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the chairman of the subcommittee that handles the Justice Department’s funding. “If somebody’s doing a job, you don’t want to cut it off.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Senators issue warning<\/a><\/p>\n

This might be where the legislative branch of government collides with the executive branch, notably if the president decides to curtail Mueller’s probe — one way or another.<\/p>\n

My own hope is that Senate Republicans stand shoulder to shoulder with their Democratic colleagues in ensuring that this probe proceed.<\/p>\n

I also hope the president does the same. My fear that Donald Trump will do something foolish and stupid, though, threatens to overpower my hope.<\/p>\n\n

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