A (Tepid) Implementation of Process

Attorney General Sessions recused himself from investigating the Trump – Russia relationships during the presidential campaign.  That left any decision to appoint a special counsel up to Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein.   Rosenstein was flooded with advocates’ demands for appointment of special counsel.  Today he appointed Robert Mueller to the position.

Rosenstein took a step toward discerning the truth, but the scope of Mueller’s investigation is narrow.  Rosenstein limited Mueller’s investigation to Russia’s interference with the 2016 presidential election.  While such interference is significant on its own, there are other issues hovering around the edge of election tampering that need investigation.  The president’s comment, some say threat, to Comey about the existence of tape recordings is worth of investigation, particularly when combined with reports of the President’s  attempted interference with Comey’s Flynn investigation.  

Muller’s first act might be to seek enlargement of the scope of his investigation.