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Andy Biggs: Mueller report supports what I said about Trump from the beginning



Not even a flawed and biased group could find evidence that Trump coordinated with Russians — something I said from the beginning. The Mueller investigation was an illegitimate attack on the executive branch.

This statement remains true especially considering that the ethically conflicted, anti-Trump biased team of 19 full-time lawyers found that there was no "collusion" and didn't bring obstruction of justice charges, per Attorney General William Barr's letter. Mueller's findings demonstrate the weakness of the initial premise to investigate Trump, his family and campaign staff.

Former FBI Director James Comey leaked information to a friend in New York with instructions to take it to the news media. The purpose was to manipulate the Justice Department into appointing a special counsel to continue the investigation of now-President Donald Trump. Comey's buddy, Robert Mueller, was appointed.

I criticized Mueller, this process from the start

Mueller quickly surrounded himself with virulently partisan, anti-Trump prosecutors. Initially, his lead was a man named Peter Strzok, who had to be dismissed when his intemperate and unprofessional conduct in other investigations revealed a massive bias against this president.

Andrew Weissmann, known for his bulldog tactics that have resulted in multiple cases being dismissed, was a player on Mueller's team. Mueller even brought in an attorney who had represented the Clinton Foundation in the investigation of allegations against the foundation. More conflicts against other individuals on the Mueller team have been documented.

I was an early voice that Mueller should be removed or resign due to his conflicts. I was critical of his team because it was so blatantly stacked against the president.

That Mueller found no collusion and nothing to substantiate obstruction of justice doesn't mean that I was wrong about Robert Mueller or his team. It more forcefully indicates the absolutely nefarious origins of the attack on President Donald Trump.

In the end, Mueller agreed with me

The news media that fueled this bogus attempt to overthrow the will of the American voter by using the state's police power for political purposes should hang their heads in shame.

Barr's letter concurred with what I have been saying for nearly two years. The fact that the ratification of my prediction comes from someone I believe should never have been appointed in the first place, and by an investigative team loaded with big donors to Democrats and filled with conflicted attorneys, demonstrably shows that the investigation should never have been undertaken.

Mueller had vast resources, 19 lawyers and 40 FBI agents issued more than 2,800 subpoenas and interviewed 500 witn esses. It seems he concluded that the Russians tried to influence our election — something we already knew. But, according to Barr, Mueller found no coordination or conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russians.

Mueller indicted 37 people and entities. Two dozen were Russian nationals who fiddled with Facebook and other social media to influence American voters. Not one American was indicted for messing with the election or conspiring with the Russians. Not one.

This suggests that, as Mueller was overturning every stone looking for dirt on Trump and his associates, even that flawed and biased group could not find enough evidence. His conclusions are the same as I had from the beginning, according to Barr.

This situation demonstrates that some wannabe pundits in the news media, who continue to attack those of us who defended Trump from the beginning, are simply too small to see the big picture.

Rep. Andy Biggs represents Arizona's 5th Congressional District. On Twitter: @RepAndyBiggsAZ. This column first appeared in The Arizona Republic.


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Posted: April 10, 2019 Wednesday 06:00 AM