The
bipartisan support Mueller’s appointment received is even more
telling given that he is the definition of a Washington insider. The
power elites across the political spectrum seemed to trust him to,
above all, protect their position at the head of the table.
by
Whitney Webb
Part
3 - No shutting Mueller down: the box Trump is in
However,
one of the more overlooked implications of this recent indictment is
not in the indictment at all. Instead, it is related to the fact that
– even though no collusion between the Russian government and the
Trump campaign has been revealed after nine months of investigating
with the help of the U.S. surveillance apparatus – the Mueller
investigation will continue “for months.”
As
Bloomberg reports, Mueller is still actively investigating
Trump-Russia collusion as well as obstruction and shady financial
dealings of prominent Trump associates. According to that report, the
recent indictment of 13 Russian nationals “should be seen as a
limited slice of a comprehensive investigation.” In addition,
James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence and current
CNN contributor, ominously noted that there are “other shoes to
drop” in the Mueller probe. He noted that those “shoes”
will likely involve the “financial entanglements between the
Trump Organization before the election and then during it.”
Thus,
the political pressure that has been applied to Trump thanks to the
Mueller probe will continue. As analysts have noted, such
political pressure has prevented Trump from adopting the
non-interventionist foreign policy he campaigned on (whether or
not Trump ever had any intention of putting that policy into effect
is a separate issue).
McAdams
asserted that this political pressure will maintain Trump’s
neocon-inspired and aggressive foreign policy: “This means
Trump is free to pursue the neocon foreign policy of confrontation
with Russia, but also that if he meant what he said about ‘getting
along with Russia’ he’ll have to drop that: in exchange for ‘no
collusion’ he will have to join the beat-up of Russia.”
Furthermore,
any attempt to dissolve the investigation – no matter how much it
expands or evolves – will lead to Trump being accused of collusion
once again, regardless of the absence of evidence. Said Rep. Jerrold
Nadler (D-NY), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee,
in a statement: “At this point, any step President Trump may
take to interfere with the Special Counsel’s investigation —
including removing Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein, or threatening
to remove Special Counsel Mueller directly — will have to be seen
as a direct attempt to aid the Russian government in attacking
American democracy.”
Some
partisans have even argued that Trump is actively colluding with
Russia by “not defending America” from Russia or
implementing harsher sanctions and by letting Russia “attack
us.” In other words, only further exacerbating the dangerous
brinkmanship of the Cold War 2.0 will prevent Trump from being caught
in the “collusion” snare.
Thus,
while many praised the indictment, it seems the biggest winners to
come out of the indictment’s release were the bipartisan war-hawks
that dominate the political establishment in Washington.
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