Who knew? William Shakespeare may have predicted the end of the Mueller Investigation while writing Hamlet around 1602. In the play, Hamlet discovered a plot on his life by Claudius and responds by saying: “For tis the sport to have the enginer hoist with his owne petar:”
One could argue that Hamlet pretended to be mad to expose those who were out to destroy him. Sound familiar? For the record, Shakespeare was referring to a “petard” which was an explosive device used in warfare. It was a small bomb made of wood or metal and filled with gunpowder. It would be set off by lighting a fuse. If the fuse was too short, the petard would blow up before the person placing it could get away. Hence, they would be hoisted by their own petard. Contemporary meaning is to be injured by a device that you intended to use to injure someone else.
In this case, Mueller may have been so focused on destroying Trump, that he may exposed himself to legal jeopardy. The following article by Sidney Powell, who is a former Federal Prosecutor, asserts that new facts indicate that Mueller obstructed justice:
https://www.dailycaller.com/2018/12/16/mueller-destroyed-evidence/
What makes this interesting is that, unlike the Mueller investigation, she actually points out some well documented facts. Judge Emmet G. Sullivan has demanded that Mueller provide the defense with all the “Brady” material. The “Brady” material means that the prosecution must give the defense all evidence favorable to the defendant, whether it impeaches a witness, mitigates punishment or shows his innocence.
The Judge specifically asked for the 302s relevant to the original interview of Michael Flynn. Those have been requested by Senator Grassley for over two years. It looks like Mueller did not comply. He allegedly only provided a 302 that was produced seven months after the fact. He also redacted the name of Special Agent Joe Pientka, who wrote the original 302. If the original 302s exist and were not presented that is a problem. If the original 302s were destroyed, it is an even bigger problem.
It is important to consider the legal doctrine of “spoliation of evidence” and “adverse inference.” Basically this means that if someone has material evidence and it is destroyed the jury is instructed to presume that this evidence was bad for the person destroying it. If Mueller destroyed evidence the judge not only has a right, but a duty to assume that this evidence would have been beneficial to Flynn and adverse to Mueller.
Now add in the remarkable report last week that the FBI destroyed the cell phones of Page and Strzok containing text messages sent between December 2016 and May 2017. The IG not only reported that the phones had been reset to destroy these messages; it appears as though his cyber experts were still able to recover over 19,000 of them.
When you add in the obvious problems with the FISA warrants, it gets worse. Then, to cap things off, James Comey admitted he leaked his notes to the press with the express intent of getting Jeff Sessions to recuse himself resulting in the appointment of a Special Prosecutor. Add in the appointment of Robert Mueller, who is reportedly a BFF of Comey and this looks increasingly suspect. Now consider the fact that Comey admitted, under oath, that he deliberately took advantage of Flynn by interviewing him without the presence of legal counsel. It sure looks like a perfect storm to me.
Sadly, we are at the point where either Mueller has smoking guns that will destroy Trump, he is incredibly incompetent, or the entire FBI and Special Prosecutor fiasco was literally an evil plot to obstruction justice in a botched attempt at a coup d’é·tat to remove President Donald Trump from office.
This would sure explain the loud opposition by the liberal left to anyone Trump appoints to be Attorney General. It would also explain why being hoisted by one’s own petard may be mild compared to what may be heading the way of Trump opponents.
TDM