[Jonathan H. Adler] Good and Bad Critiques of the Mueller Investigation

Republican officeholders, pro-Trump partisans and anti-anti-Trump commentators have become increasingly shrill in their critiques of special counsel Robert Mueller and his investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to influence the U.S. election. Some concerns raised about the investigation are reasonable, but the overall thrust of the attacks — that there is something improper or illegitimate about the investigation — miss the mark. Over at the Washington Post, former federal prosecutor and National Review contributing editor Andrew McCarthy offers a useful and sober critique of Mueller's investigation thus far and the anti-Mueller claims. His bottom line: "while there is cause for concern, the results Mueller has produced so far appear free of political taint." Further, as McCarthy notes, in the case of an FBI agent who sent texts suggesting potential bias, "Mueller was scrupulous about removing what was, at the least, theā€¦

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