Biden is Muellered

My mantra throughout the investigation of Spygate has been no excitement without an indictment. My pessimism is warranted by John Durham's track record, and the unlikelihood of getting 12 residents of Washington willing to indict those who lied and spied on President Donald John Trump.

But Bill Barr made a move that gives me some hope.

The Associated Press reported, "Attorney General William Barr has given extra protection to the prosecutor he appointed to investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, granting him authority to complete the work without being easily fired.

"Barr told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he had appointed U.S. Attorney John Durham as a special counsel in October under the same federal regulations that governed special counsel Robert Mueller in the original Russia probe. He said Durham’s investigation has been narrowing to focus more on the conduct of FBI agents who worked on the Russia investigation, known by the code name of Crossfire Hurricane.

"Under the regulations, a special counsel can be fired only by the attorney general and for specific reasons such as misconduct, dereliction of duty or conflict of interest. An attorney general must document such reasons in writing."

I do not have my Barr-to-English dictionary handy, but I believe the attorney general just said, it ain't over till I say it is over.

Barr told the AP that he decided "the best thing to do would be to appoint them under the same regulation that covered Bob Mueller, to provide Durham and his team some assurance that they’d be able to complete their work regardless of the outcome of the election."

He entered the order on October 19 and disclosed it to the House and Senate judiciary committees on Tuesday.

This is a pretty deal because Xiden (as a reader called him) was part of Spygate. Records show he unmasked people the FBI spied on for Obama.

Democrat Jerry Nadler cried foul, telling the AP, "we should not lose sight of the larger picture: in the waning days of the Trump administration, the attorney general has once again used the powers of his office to settle old scores for the president."

Again?

And the appointment pre-dates the election.

Barr has his ducks in a row and Democrats are quacking up.

Everyone's favorite crazy-eyed Democrat, Adam Schiff said, "In an appointment secretly conferred on Durham prior to the election and only disclosed now that Barr concedes there is no evidence of election fraud to overturn the results, Barr is using the special counsel law for a purpose it was not intended: to continue a politically motivated investigation long after Barr leaves office."

Yes, only Democrats should be allowed to run politically motivated investigations.

Lindsey Graham told Politico, "I hope my Democrat colleagues will show Special Counsel Durham the same respect they showed Special Counsel Mueller. This important investigation must be allowed to proceed free from political interference."

This is the logical conclusion of the Mueller probe.

The premise of the Mueller probe was to find out if Donald Trump colluded with Putin to rig the election.

President Trump did not.

Hillary lost fair and square in what may be the last trustworthy presidential election.

But as this false premise of Russian Collusion was used as an excuse to spy on Obama's political opponent, the question became what did the FBI know and when did it know it?

This was a cover-up, and as we were taught in Watergate, the cover-up is worse than the crime.

And the crime itself is pretty heavy.

So there is hope for justice this morning. 

And you can see why the news media went with a fake story about Barr saying there was no election fraud.

UPDATE: I don't need any personal attacks today, OK?

Also, my understanding is the president can de-classify anything he wants regardless of a special counsel appointment.