# A Thread for the Mueller Investigation Results and Outcomes (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 28, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093 "2017-10-28T20:14:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 566
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/11303 "2019-05-05T19:32:41Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Mueller is still officially employed by the DoJ, right? Does that mean Barr can instruct him on what kinds of questions he can and can’t answer? Or what? What happens to Mueller if he just speaks plainly & publicly about this shit? Do they kill his family? Flay him alive? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/11304 "2019-05-05T19:33:40Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Trump’s pokerface. It’s always entertaining to see. What a fucking clown. Gaga has a better Poker Face ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/11305 "2019-05-05T19:44:09Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Lol, Dotard, the First of All Fully-Exonerated Individuals says Mueller shouldn’t testify before Congress: > > [https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/05/trump-says-robert-mueller-should-not-testify-before-congress.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/05/trump-says-robert-mueller-should-not-testify-before-congress.html) I have been fully exonerated by this report and the best way to prove it is by making sure that the author of the report is never heard from. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/11306 "2019-05-05T21:22:17Z")
… and my friend Vlad suggested I make “archipelago’s” of irritating authors and other whiners and haters so they can complain to each other! Says it worked well in Russia! ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/11307 "2019-05-05T21:47:11Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I dunno. Kim is cozying up to Vlad. You know what happens when your two BFFs get together and talk about you behind your back. It ain’t pretty. The timing of Kim’s meeting with Putin and his missile launch is probably more than just coincidental. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/11308 "2019-05-05T22:15:32Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > I have been fully exonerated by this report and the best way to prove it is by making sure that the author of the report is never heard from. I’m INNOCENT !!!1!! I didn’t eat the cookie, and besides, it wasn’t very good. He’s a moron. A Five year old moron. Trump voters, are you proud of this piece of shit? Are you proud of yourselves for putting a racist, moronic, crook in the White House? ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/11309 "2019-05-05T22:24:08Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I’m INNOCENT !!!1!! I didn’t eat the cookie, and besides, it wasn’t very good. > > He’s a moron. A Five year old moron. > > Trump voters, are you proud of this piece of shit? Are you proud of yourselves for putting a racist, moronic, crook in the White House? I suspect they are, and that’s what is making me so depressed here lately. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/11310 "2019-05-05T22:41:58Z")
Yep. I have a few friends who believe everything he says is 100% gospel. One who’s already told me that, not only will he vote him in 2020, but that he’d vote for him every day, and twice on Sunday. I told him that was election fraud. He wasn’t amused. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/11311 "2019-05-05T23:00:21Z")
Why not? That’s hilarious! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/11312 "2019-05-06T01:01:07Z")
Speaking of “gospel”, the peanut gallery weighs in @JerryFalwellJr 5/4/19 8:00PM _After the best week ever for ⁦‪@realDonaldTrump‬⁩ - no obstruction, no collusion, NYT admits ⁦‪@BarackObama‬⁩ did spy on his campaign, & the economy is soaring. I now support reparations-Trump should have 2 yrs added to his 1st term as pay back for time stolen by this corrupt failed coup_ We wanna do-over! ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/11313 "2019-05-06T01:05:25Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Trump voters, are you proud of this piece of shit? Are you proud of yourselves for putting a racist, moronic, crook in the White House? For some of Trump’s supporters, those are features, not bugs. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/11314 "2019-05-06T01:17:11Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Speaking of “gospel”, the peanut gallery weighs in > > @JerryFalwellJr > 5/4/19 8:00PM > _After the best week ever for ⁦‪@realDonaldTrump‬⁩ - no obstruction, no collusion, NYT admits ⁦‪@BarackObama‬⁩ did spy on his campaign, & the economy is soaring. I now support reparations-Trump should have 2 yrs added to his 1st term as pay back for time stolen by this corrupt failed coup_ > > We wanna do-over! Then Obama deserves another eight years to make up for GOP obstructionism. And Garland takes Gorsuch’s seat on The Supreme Court. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/11315 "2019-05-06T01:44:55Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I’m INNOCENT !!!1!! I didn’t eat the cookie, and besides, it wasn’t very good. > > He’s a moron. A Five year old moron. > > Trump voters, are you proud of this piece of shit? Are you proud of yourselves for putting a racist, moronic, crook in the White House? Oh yeah. Not only are they, but it’s also their crowning achievement. Republicans have fallen into this “Trump is the queen bee” fucking bullshit to a degree that I can only hope follows them. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/11316 "2019-05-06T01:57:12Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Then Obama deserves another eight years to make up for GOP obstructionism. And Garland takes Gorsuch’s seat on The Supreme Court. The difference is, you don’t really mean what you write. They do. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/11317 "2019-05-06T02:20:17Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Speaking of “gospel”, the peanut gallery weighs in > > @JerryFalwellJr > > 5/4/19 8:00PM > > _After the best week ever for @realDonaldTrump - no obstruction, no collusion, NYT admits @BarackObama did spy on his campaign, & the economy is soaring. I now support reparations-Trump should have 2 yrs added to his 1st term as pay back for time stolen by this corrupt failed coup_ > > We wanna do-over! Ahh, conservatism. Totally rooted in strict interpretation of the Constitution as always. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/11318 "2019-05-06T15:33:08Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Prove to the American people that Trump is putting Jews in ovens then you might be on to something. Otherwise, another bad argument for impeachment. Please tell me that was a (half-hearted) attempt at a joke. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/11319 "2019-05-06T20:32:34Z")
I imagine Trump is going to go on a twitter storm about the corrupt DOJ and Deep State. [Hundreds of former Justice officials assert Trump would be facing felony charges if he were not President](https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/06/politics/justice-department-trump-mueller-protect-democracy/index.html) > [@](#): > > Hundreds of former Justice Department officials said in an open letter released Monday that President Donald Trump would be facing multiple felony charges stemming from the Russia investigation if he were not President. > > The letter posted online by Justice Department alumni, who served under presidents from both parties, said the report from special counsel Robert Mueller contained repeated instances of Trump committing obstruction of justice, and that he would have been charged with obstruction if he was not protected as President by an opinion from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel that Mueller cited. > > “We believe strongly that, but for the OLC memo, the overwhelming weight of professional judgment would come down in favor of prosecution for the conduct outlined in the Mueller Report,” the letter read. > > … > The letter was signed by officials from a wide-range of backgrounds, and included former US attorneys and other top officials from both parties. > > The Washington Post, which previously reported on the letter, which said signatories to the letter included officials whose time in government included every administration since President Dwight Eisenhower. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/11320 "2019-05-07T01:37:06Z")
#400angrydemocrats!!! ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/11321 "2019-05-07T13:26:45Z")
#NotIllegalIfPresident!! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/11322 "2019-05-07T13:31:04Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > #400angrydemocrats!!! Lot more than that, I reckon, by the time the next election rolls around. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093.md?page=565) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093.md?page=567)