This is a great article by Fordham law professor, Jed Shugerman, about how Robert Mueller misinterpreted the law and failed to make good on clear findings of illegality. I hope all the Dems in the upcoming Mueller testimony give this article a good read and review. Here is one key part of many:
These legal errors by Mueller were probably due to the fact he "did not hire any legal experts with experience in campaign finance regulation". In short, Mueller, the Republican institutionalist, made many large blunders. He should be grilled on these items in Congress and the next Attorney General should file charges against the Trump team, where appropriate, based on the findings of the Mueller investigation.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-mueller-missed-the-crime-trumps-campaign-coordinated-with-russia?ref=scroll
Quote:
The DOJ's initial appointment explicitly tasked Mueller with investigating campaign "coordination," and it is not too much to ask that he get the law of "coordination" right. The report stated that "'coordination' does not have a settled definition in federal criminal law. We understood coordination to require an agreementtacit or express."
However, Congress purposely sought to prevent such narrow interpretations: in 2002, it passed a statute directing that campaign finance regulations "shall not require agreement or formal collaboration to establish coordination." The Federal Election Commission established the regulations for the implementation of the statute: "Coordinated means made in cooperation, consultation or concert with, or at the request or suggestion of, a candidate," with no need to show any kind of agreement.
These legal errors by Mueller were probably due to the fact he "did not hire any legal experts with experience in campaign finance regulation". In short, Mueller, the Republican institutionalist, made many large blunders. He should be grilled on these items in Congress and the next Attorney General should file charges against the Trump team, where appropriate, based on the findings of the Mueller investigation.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-mueller-missed-the-crime-trumps-campaign-coordinated-with-russia?ref=scroll