Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion:
One of the top attorneys working with special counsel Mueller in the Russia investigation attended Hillary’s election night party, reports the WSJ.
Buried in the report (emphasis mine):
At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday, Republicans focused on Mr. Strzok and Mr. Weissmann, who sent an email to former acting attorney general Sally Yates the night she was fired applauding her decision to instruct Justice Department lawyers not to defend Mr. Trump’s initial travel ban.
“I am so proud,” Mr. Weissmann wrote in the subject line of an email, which was released by the conservative group Judicial Watch. Mr. Weissmann also attended Hillary Clinton’s election-night party at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York, according to people familiar with his attendance.
At the time, Mr. Weissmann was running the Justice Department’s fraud section, which is a senior career post within the agency. In his current role, Mr. Weissmann has been leading the case against Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, and Rick Gates, a campaign aide. Both men have been indicted on lobbying and financial crimes, charges they deny and which aren’t related to the Trump campaign.
According to the WSJ, “Federal law prohibits the Justice Department—which includes the special counsel’s office—from using political or ideological affiliations to assess applicants for career positions in the agency. Employees are also allowed to express opinions on political subjects privately and publicly, as long as they aren’t in concert with a political party or candidate for office.”
That’s not to say one can’t be objective beyond their political ideology, but it certainly taints the argument that Mueller’s Russian investigation remains focused and apolitical.
Earlier this week, Professor Jacobson outlined the litany of oddities in the Mueller investigation (a must read) and concluded:
If they are serious about the headline this is FAKE NEWS, simply because Hillary was ever elected, she never even came out to her pathetic followers to say she lost. No champagne, no fireworks, just lies that it was too close to call and they should go home.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-supporters-election_us_5822aad3e4b0d9ce6fbfe13c
When Republicans are considering nominees for judges, the left will oppose them if they don’t, for instance, express wholehearted and full throated support for abortion. Liberals don’t have much of a tolerance for the other side having an opinion. Yet, Republicans are expected to act as though jumping and cheering at a Hillary rally or praising the boss for insubordination is not a sign of a level of bias that might influence their judgement.
As we have seen, yeah… right.