Why Mueller Dropped the Ball. Was He Corrupt or Incompetent?
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Molly Jong-Fast and Rick Wilson were up late to fight crime after a \\u201cseamless\\u201d night two of the Democratic National Convention. Former Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell joined a special edition of The New Abnormal which asked\\u2014after the publication of the Senate Intelligence Committee\\u2019s final report on Russian electoral interference\\u2014what the Hell happened with Robert Mueller?
Molly\\u2019s interpretation of the 1,000 page report was pretty clear: \\u201cIt seemed like a lot of shoes dropped in that the Trump campaign was giving clues to Roger Stone, which got passed to Julian Assange to influence the 2016 election. But it seems like Mueller dropped the ball on this\\u2026 I\\u2019m no expert, but it, it sort of looks like collusion.\\u201d
\\u201cIs Mueller incompetent? is Mueller corrupt? What is happening with him?\\u201d she asked.
Rick, a former Republican insider, suggested that the failure of the Mueller report to nail the Trump campaign came down to Mueller\\u2019s temperament. \\u201cI think Mueller was too much of an institutionalist and too much of an incrementalist. And I think when you\\u2019re that kind of person, you have trouble understanding sometimes just how fucking wily and corrupt people like this are.\\u201d
Rep. Swalwell had another answer. \\u201cHe did not pursue the finances. And also he did not put the President\'s ass in a witness chair. And those, I think, were the two shortcomings.\\u201d
Trump\\u2019s failure to stand up to Russia on behalf of the U.S. has left a huge opening for former Vice President Joe Biden and Rick was impressed by his move to lock down the kind of voters who backed Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
\\u201cThe Democratic Party for the first time, in a lot of ways, since John F. Kennedy seized control of the national security narrative again, and position themselves as the party of strength because they came right out and made it a centerpiece of tonight,\\u201d he said.
Molly suggested the DNC also did well to contrast the potential First Ladies. \\u201cIt seems almost unfair, you know, to watch Jill Biden in the school she is teaching at versus Melania building a tennis pavilion.\\u201d
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