Darrell Castle talks about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation and report regarding whether or not the President colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 election.

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MUELLER TIME

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. ,Today is Friday, March 29, 2019, and on this Report I will be talking about special counsel Robert Mueller’s report of his investigation into whether or not the Trump campaign, and specifically the President, colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 Presidential election. ,I know that by now everyone of you knows about the report and its basic content, but perhaps I can touch on a few things that are different from what you may have heard.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed in May 2017 so the investigation took 674 days and cost the taxpayers $25 million. The conclusion that there was no evidence that Donald Trump colluded with Russia was, or should have been, evident from the beginning. It was a “hoax” from the beginning and perhaps the dirtiest political trick in modern history.

It was based on an anti-Trump dossier apparently paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign and assembled by an ex British spy named Christopher Steele. ,The fake dossier was released to the media and was quickly all over Washington. ,The Mueller Report proves there were no credible facts that provoked the investigation in the first place. To support the allegations in the fake dossier, apparently fired FBI Director James Comey took government documents and leaked them to the media for the purpose of triggering the appointment of a special counsel, which turned out to be Robert Mueller.

Keep in mind that Mueller was a special counsel, not an independent counsel. He worked for the Department of Justice rather than being independent and when he finished his investigation; he handed in his 2500 page report to the head of the Department of Justice William Barr. Mr. Barr then summarized the report into a one page letter which he sent to Congress. The way Mueller phrased the language of the report has caused some questions to arise but basically he said he did not find evidence of any crimes committed by the President but neither did he exonerate him. He failed to point out that he did not exonerate him because that is not his job. Prosecutors investigate, and if the investigation reveals evidence that crimes have been committed, they charge and indict.

Some interesting facts about the investigation are worthy of note, however. Mr. Mueller took 674 days to issue his report, spent $25 million, hired 19 lawyers and 40 FBI agents, interviewed 500 witnesses, issued 2800 subpoenas, obtained over 230 orders for records; made 13 requests to foreign governments for evidence and found nothing. Donald J. Trump must be the cleanest President in recent history, perhaps in all of history, because an army of investigators examined every aspect of his life and his family’s life. I wonder if Mrs. Clinton or President Obama could have withstood such scrutiny. Perhaps we will find out someday but I doubt it.

What is not in Mr. Barr’s letter to Congress is any mention of President Obama and the officials of his administration who apparently orchestrated this fraudulent set of accusations as a way of preventing the right of the American people to choose their own President in 2016, and failing that, to de-legitimize their choice and ultimately remove him from power.  The people who are apparently dirty in formulating those false accusations worked for the Obama administration at some point, including Attorney General Loretta Lynch, FBI Director James Comey, and a very long list of DOJ, FBI, and CIA officials.

Former head of the CIA during the Obama Administration, John Brennan, referred to a sitting President of The United States as a traitor, thus helping to undermine the President’s efforts in dealing with foreign governments,