When the indictments came down against former Trump campaign chairman
Paul Manafort and his aide, Rick Gates, the headline of a Washington Post
article declared, “With money laundering charges against Paul Manafort, Trump’s ‘fake news’ charge is harder to defend.” It did not matter that Manafort’s indictment was entirely removed from any campaign connection and involved financial dealings well before his association with Trump. The desire for an independent and full investigation of
Donald Trump is understandable, given the serious allegations of Russian influence.
Yet, the same logic does not appear to apply outside of Trumpworld. The same politicians and experts have dismissed efforts to investigate allegations of influence peddling, Russian conspiracies and special deals involving Hillary or
Bill Clinton. One such controversy involves the sale of a company, Uranium One, that holds 20 percent of our uranium resources. Last week, the Justice Department secured an 11-count indictment in the Uranium One controversy against Mark Lambert, former head of a Maryland-based transportation company.
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The long-standing allegations of influence peddling involving the Clinton have never been fully investigated, and the call for such an investigation is not prejudging the results. I have long questioned the likelihood that Trump committed a crime associated with Russian collusion during the campaign. Nevertheless, I supported the special counsel investigation and the congressional investigations.In the same vein, I fail to see why the public should not have an equally transparent, independent investigation of the Clinton controversies. The Trump allegations raise concerns over foreign influence in our election while the Clinton allegations raise concerns over foreign influence in our government.
The government may not be able to supply complete answers, but it can supply a complete record. The result is likely to embarrass many in Washington, in both parties, but the public is being played like chumps by those manipulating these investigations for political advantage. Without a full investigation on both sides, we are unlikely to remove the doubts of so many citizens about the conduct of our leaders.
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-ho...ves-a-full-investigation-just-like-trumpworld
Both sides need investigation? Turley lost what's left of his opportunistic mind.
Since the Mueller investigation is secret, Turley could not possibly comment on it with anything approaching informed opinion based on the facts: Turley doesn't know the facts--they're secret. So he bulllshits because he wants to be a national player in the worst way. Thus he keeps his name in the headlines attached to the limelight of the Trump periphery by defaming the Clinton Foundation bc that's how inveterate careerists cut their teeth with the right wing money machine...he'll be a revered guest on FOX National News for the week bc of this.
Go after Clinton for a 14th investigation. Clinton is a private citizen. Why not just gin up another investigation into 9/11 or the Bush / Cheney war crimes attendant to an illegal invasion of Iraq? Those are much bigger crimes than shoehorning some charity. Yup, Turley is likely pissed that he's not a player in the Mueller investigation and is a mere observer like the rest of us: On the outside looking in at an historical investigation of a corrupt bigoted president. Perceived lost opportunity and Resentment. Turley is a poor excuse for an American.
