Njengoba uphenyo lomeluleki okhethekile uRobert Mueller lusondela kuDonald Trump, kukhona umzamo ohlangene wabaxolisi bakamongameli wokuvala. Abahlaziyi be-Fox News kanye namalungu e-Republican Congress bahlasela u-Mueller, okwenza kube nokuqagela ukuthi izinsuku zomeluleki okhethekile zibaliwe.
Selokhu uphenyo lwakhe lwaqala ngoMeyi, uMueller usewatholile amacala amabili namabili. Muva nje, owayengumeluleki wezokuphepha kuzwelonke kaTrump uMichael Flynn walivuma icala elilodwa lokuqamba amanga ku-FBI. Nakuba ayengabekwa amacala anzima kakhulu, uFlynn wathola isivumelwano ngokuthembisa ukubambisana nabashushisi futhi anikeze ubufakazi obumelene nabanye, abangakadalulwa amagama. Icala likaFlynn liletha uphenyo lukaMueller eWhite House.
Umongameli ngokwakhe unesizathu sokukhathazeka, ikakhulukazi njengoba uMueller ethumele amarekhodi ezezimali kwaDeutsche Bank, omunye wababolekisi abakhulu ezinkampanini zikaTrump. "Kusukela ngo-1998, ibhange liye lahola noma labamba iqhaza emalimboleko okungenani eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2.5 zamaRandi ezinkampanini ezixhumene noMnu. Trump," kubika i-Wall Street Journal. Leso sibalo asibali โokungenani enye imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1 zamarandi ezibophweni ezibolekiwe ezenziwa yiDeutsche Bank ezinkampanini ezixhumene noTrump.โ
U-Mueller uqokwe yiPhini Lommeli Omkhulu (AG) uRod Rosenstein ngemuva kokuthi u-AG Jeff Sessions ehoxile ophenyweni lwaseRussia. URosenstein ugunyaze uMueller ukuthi aphenye โnoma yikuphi ukuxhumana kanye/noma ukusebenzisana phakathi kukahulumeni waseRussia nabantu abahlobene nomkhankaso kaMongameli uDonald Trumpโ kanye โnanoma yiziphi izindaba eziqubuke noma ezingavela ngokuqondile ophenyweni.โ
Ebufakazini obuphambi kweKomidi lamaJaji eNdlu ngesonto eledlule, uRosenstein uzwakalise ukumethemba uMueller, wathi asikho isizathu esihle sokuxosha umeluleki okhethekile. URosenstein wafakaza:
Ngokusekelwe kulokho engikwaziyo, ngikholelwa ukuthi uMqondisi u-Mueller uhlezi ngokufanelekile endaweni yakhe futhi uziphatha ngendlela efanele, futhi uma kwenzeka kukhona izinsolo ezikholakalayo zokungaziphathi kahle kwanoma ubani kubasebenzi bakhe, ukuthi uthatha isinyathelo esifanele.
U-Rosenstein ubekhuluma ngesikhalazo sakamuva se-GOP ngo-Mueller. Umenzeli we-FBI uPeter Strzok, owayeyilungu leqembu lika-Mueller, uthumele imiyalezo emelene noTrump entombini yakhe ngesikhathi somkhankaso wokuba ngumongameli. Ngesikhathi kutholwa imilayezo, u-Mueller wamsusa u-Strzok ophenyweni. Noma kunjalo, umeluleki kaTrump, uKellyanne Conway, umemezele ukuthi ukufakwa kukaStrzok eqenjini likaMueller kuwubufakazi bokuthi "ukulungiswa kwakubhekene noDonald Trump kwasekuqaleni."
UMueller uphinde ahlaselwe ngokuthola โamashumi ezinkulungwane eziningiโ zama-imeyili, okuhlanganisa nemiyalezo evela kumeluleki kaTrump kanye nomkhwenyana uJared Kushner, ovela kwaGeneral Services Administration (GSA), okuyisikhungo sikahulumeni esisingatha uhlelo lwe-imeyili lukamongameli. uguquko. UKory Langhofer, ummeli wethimba lezinguquko, ubhalele amakomiti ekhongolose incwadi ekhala ngokuthi ukuhlinzekwa nokusetshenziswa kwama-imeyili kungase kwephule imithetho yelungelo kanye neSichibiyelo Sesine.
Kodwa uPeter Carr, okhulumela ihhovisi likaMueller, etshela uMgqumeni, "Lapho sithole ama-imeyili phakathi nophenyo lwethu lobugebengu oluqhubekayo, sithole imvume yomnikazi we-akhawunti noma inqubo yobugebengu efanele."
Iphini lommeli we-GSA u-Lenny Lowentritt kusho engxoxweni abe nayo neBuzzFeed ukuthi ithimba lenguquko likaTrump latshelwa ukuthi noma yiziphi izinto "ngeke zibuyiselwe emuva kunoma yisiphi isimo sokugcinwa komthetho". "Ngakho-ke," esho, "akukho ukulindela ubumfihlo okungacatshangwa." U-Norman Eisen, isekela lomeluleki jikelele wethimba lika-Obama lenguquko, uyavuma. Yena tweeted, "Ngixwayise wonke umuntu: AKUKHO okulindelekile kobumfihlo kuma-imeyili akho oshintsho."
Ukuze kuqhutshwe isichibiyelo Sesine, kufanele kube nokulindela okunengqondo kobumfihlo kumadokhumenti atholiwe.
Ngempela, uma uLanghofer ebona ukuthi izimpikiswano zakhe zomthetho zifanelekile, wayezodlulisela icala ejajini, esikhundleni sokuvele abhalele uKhongolose.
Izinhloko ezikhulumayo kuFox News nazo zibhebhezela amalangabi e-anti-Mueller. Lokhu kuyakhathaza kakhulu ngoba uTrump, ohlelo lwakhe lwethelevishini oluyintandokazi ethi โFox & Friends,โ upholi ukhuluma okuningi kwalokho akubonayo nakuzwayo ngesikhathi sakhe. kubika amahora amane kuya kwayisishiyagalombili okubuka i-TV nsuku zonke. (UTrump inqatshiwe ubuka ithelevishini engaka, aphinde abhale kuTwitter ukuthi akavamile ukubuka i-CNN noma i-MSNBC.)
USean Hannity ubize ummeli okhethekile ngokuthi โinhloko yenyokaโ kanye โnehlazo ohlelweni lwezobulungiswa lwaseMelika.โ UGreg Jarrett uthe, "Ngicabanga ukuthi manje sesiyazi ukuthi uphenyo lukaMueller alukho emthethweni futhi lunenkohlakalo." U-Laura Ingraham umemezele, "Yeka ukonakala okuphelele, kufanele bonke bashiye eceleni ... kubandakanya noBob Mueller." UJeanine Pirro uthe, "[I-FBI kanye noMnyango Wezobulungiswa badinga] ukuhlanzwa kubantu okungafanele bavele baxoshwe, kodwa okudingeka bakhishwe ngozankosi."
"Ukuxoxisana kweKomidi lamaJaji eNdlu uRod Rosenstein kuleli sonto kuphinde kwaveza ukuvumelana kweRiphabhlikhi ukuthi uphenyo lukokoteliwe," u-Andrew Sullivan. wabhala kumagazini waseNew York.
Izikhongi ezimbili zaseFlorida GOP, ezandiza noTrump ku-Air Force One ziya emhlanganweni weRoy Moore, zidubula uMueller. Ummeli uMat Gaetz uthe i-United States "isengcupheni yokuketulwa umbuso" kuka-Mueller. UGaetz wethula isinqumo sokuthi kuxoshwe uMueller. Futhi u-Rep. Ron DeSantis uxhasa umthetho wokunqamula uxhaso luka-Mueller.
Ephendula i-tweet yeWashington Post ebuza ukuthi ngabe angakwamukela yini okutholwe nguMueller njengokusemthethweni, uSotswebhu weSenate Majority uJohn Cornyn (R-Texas) uphendule wathi, "Kunengqondo ukubona ukuthi bayini kuqala." U-Cornyn, owaculela u-Mueller izingoma zokudumisa lapho lo wakamuva eqokwa njengomeluleki okhethekile, manje usephakamisa ukuthi lokho okutholwe nguMueller kuzoba โsemthethweniโ kuphela uma amaRiphabhulikhi ekuthanda.
"UMueller ubeka engcupheni umongameli kaTrump," kusho uChris Ruddy, oyi-CEO yeNewsmax Media kanye nomngani kamongameli. Ibhodi yabahleli be-Wall Street Journal yaphetha, โUMnu. U-Mueller uxabene kakhulu ukuthi angaphenya i-FBI futhi kufanele ehle esikhundleni ukuze avune umuntu othembekile. "
Umzamo we-GOP wokudicilela phansi u-Mueller ubonakala uyisiteleka sokuqala ukuze kutholakale umbozo wezepolitiki ngokuxoshwa kwakhe. AmaRiphabhulikhi ngokusobala afisa ukuqeda ukungaboni ngasolinye okungekuhle ekuxoshweni kukaMueller ngaphambi kokhetho lwaphakathi nonyaka ka-2018.
Ngokusho kukaSullivan,
I-Republican tribalism ifuna ukuthi uphenyo luka-Mueller luhlatshwe kabi kusenesikhathi, okutholwe kulo kungahlotshaniswa necala, futhi abameli balo bagcotshwe ngokwethembeka kwezepolitiki, noma kungekho bufakazi bokuthi lokhu kuthinta umsebenzi womeluleki okhethekile.
Benjamin Wittes ku-blog Lawfare ukhathazekile ukuthi ama-House Republicans "afuna ukwenza izinto eziphambene nombono womthetho ozimele," enezela, "Bakwenza ngothile, u-Mueller, abanokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe isikhathi eside futhi abazi ukuthi izimangalo zabo ezibalulekile zingamanga."
Ukuhlaselwa kukaMueller โakukaze kwenzeke,โ ngokusho kukaRandall D. Eliason, umDemocrat owayesebenza eHhovisi Lommeli WaseMelika ngesikhathi sokuphatha kukaClinton futhi wabamba iqhaza ekushushisweni okuphumelelayo kwenkohlakalo kwe-Illinois Democratic Rep. Dan Rostenkowski.
Eliason wabhala eWashington Post, โngokwengxenye enkulu, ukuhlasela akusekelwe kunoma yini uMueller aye wayenza ngempela. Uphenyo lwakhe kanye namacala obugebengu awalethile kuze kube manje abonakala eqinile futhi awasikiseli ukuthi kukhona ukuchema.โ U-Eliason wachaza, "abagxeki babambe izindaba ezifana nesikhulu se-FBI esithumele imiyalezo ephikisana noTrump, yize lesi sikhulu saxoshwa eqenjini likaMueller kuleli hlobo eledlule ngemuva kokudalulwa kwemibhalo."
Umfundisi uJerrold Nadler (D-New York), oyilungu leKomiti Yezobulungiswa, wathi, โNgiyawuqonda umuzwa wemvelo wokufuna ukufihla umongameli,โ kodwa, โNginovalo lokuthi umzamo weningi wokuvula amatafula. ummeli okhethekile uzoya ngokuya enomsindo njengoba izindonga ziqhubeka nokuvala umongameli."
I-GOP ibheke ekuqedeni uphenyo luka-Mueller โngodlame futhi maduze,โ uRep. Adam Schiff (D-California) tweeted. "Ngikhathazeke kakhulu ngokuthi amaRepublican azovala uphenyo lweHouse Intelligence Committee ekupheleni [kuDisemba]." Uveze ukwenqaba kobuholi bekomiti be-GOP ukuthintana nofakazi nokucela imibhalo iDemocrats ehlongoze yona. "Kubukeka sengathi amaRiphabhlikhi afuna ukwenza izingxoxo ezanele ukunikeza umbono wophenyo olunzulu," ubhale kuTwitter. USchiff uphinde waphawula ukuthi amaRiphabhlikhi ahlele ukuthi abekho ofakazi abazofakaza ngo-2018.
Kwenye i-tweet, uSchiff wabhala, โNgokuvala uphenyo lwekhongolose lapho beqhubeka nokuthola ubufakazi obusha nobubalulekile, i-White House ingaba nengcindezi enkulu yokuqeda noma ukunqanda uphenyo luka-Mueller noma ukungabaza. Ngeke sikuvumele lokho kwenzeke.โ
I-CNN ibika ukuthi ummeli weWhite House uTy Cobb uthembise uTrump ukuthi uphenyo lukaMueller luzosongwa ekuqaleni konyaka ozayo. UTrump uqinisekile ukuthi uMueller uzobhala incwadi emkhulula. Angeke kwenzeke lokho. Abameli bakaTrump bahlelelwe ukuhlangana noMueller kuleli sonto, okumele kucaciswe kabanzi ngophenyo.
Ngesonto, uTrump uphikile ukuthi uhlose ukuxosha u-Mueller, ethi, โCha - cha, angiyena,โ lapho izintatheli zimbuza ukuthi wayecabanga yini ukulahla iseluleko esikhethekile. Kodwa-ke, njengoba kumcacela uTrump ukuthi ngeke akhululwe noma nini maduze, uzoyalela uRosenstein ukuthi axoshe uMueller. Uma uRosenstein enqaba, uTrump angamxosha. Kuzobe sekuwela kuMsizi AG uRachel Brand, uTrump amqoka ngoMeyi, ukuthi axoshe uMueller. Lokho kuzokwenza ukuthi "Saturday I-Night Massacreโ ngesikhathi se-Watergate scandal, lapho u-Richard Nixon exosha u-AG Elliot Richardson owenqaba ukuxosha umshushisi okhethekile u-Archibald Cox.
Mancane amathuba okuthi uTrump avumele uMueller ukuthi aqhubeke njengoba uphenyo luhamba ngendlela ebheke kumengameli.
UMarjorie Cohn ungusolwazi ophuma phambili eThomas Jefferson School of Law, owayengumongameli weNational Lawyers Guild, iphini likanobhala jikelele we-International Association of Democratic Lawyers, kanye nelungu leJewish Voice for Peace. Uhlelo lwesibili olubuyekeziwe lwencwadi yakhe ethi, Drones and Targeted Killing: Legal, Moral, and Geopolitical Issues, lwashicilelwa ngoNovemba. Vakashela iwebhusayithi yakhe: MarjorieCohn.com. Mlandele ku-Twitter: @MarjorieCohn.
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