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Is This the End of Office of Special Counsel? gatestoneinstitute.org/14595/office-o…
The Mueller Report, when made public, violated that salutary tradition. It contained negative information about people, including the president, who will have no opportunity to respond in a legal proceeding.
The report and the testimony introduced the novel and dangerous concept into our legal vocabulary: "Not exonerated."
Robert Mueller's performance in front of Congressional committees should mark the end of special counsels, special prosecutors, independent counsels and the like.
These hearings demonstrated, if any further demonstration was required, how dangerous it was to go outside of the normal processes of criminal justice.
Ordinary prosecutors are not allowed to comment about why they decided not to prosecute the subject of an investigation. The Mueller Report, when made public, violated that salutary tradition.
It contained negative information about people, including the president, who will have no opportunity to respond in a legal proceeding.
