Cost of illegal witch-hunt which proved nothing: The special counsel’s investigation cost nearly $32 million in total, according to Justice Department accounting records released...

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The special counsel’s investigation cost nearly $32 million in total, according to Justice Department accounting records released Friday.

Image: Robert Mueller, Screenshot
That figure includes the special counsel’s office’s direct expenses, as well as what the Justice Department spent to support the investigation, which began on May 17, 2017 and formally ended on May 29 of this year.

The investigation cost $6.5 million from October 2018 through May, accounting records show. Former special counsel Robert Mueller’s office directly spent more than $4.1 million of that. Most of the Mueller office expenditures, nearly $2.5 million, went to compensation and benefits for special counsel prosecutors and staff.

The investigation was a success or failure, largely depending on who you ask.

Mueller’s team charged 34 people with crimes, including 25 Russian nationals and several Trump associates, including Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, Rick Gates and George Papadopoulos.

A Virginia jury convicted Manafort of financial crimes unrelated to Mueller’s initial mandate, which was to investigate whether the Trump campaign worked with Russia to influence the 2016 e******n. Flynn and Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to charges that they lied to the FBI during interviews related to the Russia probe.

Federal prosecutors indicted the Russians on charges related to the hacking of Democrats’ emails and for operating a social disinformation scheme that targeted the 2016 e******n.

Republicans have called the investigation a waste of time and resources. President Donald Trump has called it a “witch hunt.”

Prosecutors were unable to establish that the Trump campaign conspired with the Russian government to influence the e******n, Mueller said in a 448-page report released on April 18. Trump and his associates have long denied that they colluded with Russia.

Mueller investigated 10 separate incidents of Trump allegedly attempting to obstruct the Russia probe, but the special counsel’s office declined to indict the president. Mueller said he also did not clear Trump of wrongdoing on the issue of obstruction. Democrats have used Mueller’s ambiguity to ramp up calls for impeachment.

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bahmer

Bcon wrote:

The special counsel’s investigation cost nearly $32 million in total, according to Justice Department accounting records released Friday.

Image: Robert Mueller, Screenshot
That figure includes the special counsel’s office’s direct expenses, as well as what the Justice Department spent to support the investigation, which began on May 17, 2017 and formally ended on May 29 of this year.

The investigation cost $6.5 million from October 2018 through May, accounting records show. Former special counsel Robert Mueller’s office directly spent more than $4.1 million of that. Most of the Mueller office expenditures, nearly $2.5 million, went to compensation and benefits for special counsel prosecutors and staff.

The investigation was a success or failure, largely depending on who you ask.

Mueller’s team charged 34 people with crimes, including 25 Russian nationals and several Trump associates, including Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, Rick Gates and George Papadopoulos.

A Virginia jury convicted Manafort of financial crimes unrelated to Mueller’s initial mandate, which was to investigate whether the Trump campaign worked with Russia to influence the 2016 e******n. Flynn and Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to charges that they lied to the FBI during interviews related to the Russia probe.

Federal prosecutors indicted the Russians on charges related to the hacking of Democrats’ emails and for operating a social disinformation scheme that targeted the 2016 e******n.

Republicans have called the investigation a waste of time and resources. President Donald Trump has called it a “witch hunt.”

Prosecutors were unable to establish that the Trump campaign conspired with the Russian government to influence the e******n, Mueller said in a 448-page report released on April 18. Trump and his associates have long denied that they colluded with Russia.

Mueller investigated 10 separate incidents of Trump allegedly attempting to obstruct the Russia probe, but the special counsel’s office declined to indict the president. Mueller said he also did not clear Trump of wrongdoing on the issue of obstruction. Democrats have used Mueller’s ambiguity to ramp up calls for impeachment.

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The only ones that benefited from that witch hunt were the democrats because that were the only ones that Mueller hired to be his team and he was supposedly a republican BS.

Liberty Tree

bahmer wrote:

The only ones that benefited from that witch hunt were the democrats because that were the only ones that Mueller hired to be his team and he was supposedly a republican BS.

Democrats will never give up. They h**e Trump more than they love America.

elledee

and the real puppet masters A.K.A. ovomit and hitlery behind..... this tax payer l**ting are never held to account.... demonrats.....they might as well stick a big middle finger in the peoples face and yell rules for thee not me

Airforceone

Bcon wrote:

The special counsel’s investigation cost nearly $32 million in total, according to Justice Department accounting records released Friday.

Image: Robert Mueller, Screenshot
That figure includes the special counsel’s office’s direct expenses, as well as what the Justice Department spent to support the investigation, which began on May 17, 2017 and formally ended on May 29 of this year.

The investigation cost $6.5 million from October 2018 through May, accounting records show. Former special counsel Robert Mueller’s office directly spent more than $4.1 million of that. Most of the Mueller office expenditures, nearly $2.5 million, went to compensation and benefits for special counsel prosecutors and staff.

The investigation was a success or failure, largely depending on who you ask.

Mueller’s team charged 34 people with crimes, including 25 Russian nationals and several Trump associates, including Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, Rick Gates and George Papadopoulos.

A Virginia jury convicted Manafort of financial crimes unrelated to Mueller’s initial mandate, which was to investigate whether the Trump campaign worked with Russia to influence the 2016 e******n. Flynn and Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to charges that they lied to the FBI during interviews related to the Russia probe.

Federal prosecutors indicted the Russians on charges related to the hacking of Democrats’ emails and for operating a social disinformation scheme that targeted the 2016 e******n.

Republicans have called the investigation a waste of time and resources. President Donald Trump has called it a “witch hunt.”

Prosecutors were unable to establish that the Trump campaign conspired with the Russian government to influence the e******n, Mueller said in a 448-page report released on April 18. Trump and his associates have long denied that they colluded with Russia.

Mueller investigated 10 separate incidents of Trump allegedly attempting to obstruct the Russia probe, but the special counsel’s office declined to indict the president. Mueller said he also did not clear Trump of wrongdoing on the issue of obstruction. Democrats have used Mueller’s ambiguity to ramp up calls for impeachment.

Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.

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Your post does not even warrant an answer because you live in an alternative universe of i***ts.

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

bahmer wrote:

The only ones that benefited from that witch hunt were the democrats because that were the only ones that Mueller hired to be his team and he was supposedly a republican BS.

Actually IMO the will receive a short term benefit. Long term they are being exposed for the t*****rous scum they are.

Seth

Bcon wrote:

The special counsel’s investigation cost nearly $32 million in total, according to Justice Department accounting records released Friday.

Image: Robert Mueller, Screenshot
That figure includes the special counsel’s office’s direct expenses, as well as what the Justice Department spent to support the investigation, which began on May 17, 2017 and formally ended on May 29 of this year.

The investigation cost $6.5 million from October 2018 through May, accounting records show. Former special counsel Robert Mueller’s office directly spent more than $4.1 million of that. Most of the Mueller office expenditures, nearly $2.5 million, went to compensation and benefits for special counsel prosecutors and staff.

The investigation was a success or failure, largely depending on who you ask.

Mueller’s team charged 34 people with crimes, including 25 Russian nationals and several Trump associates, including Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, Rick Gates and George Papadopoulos.

A Virginia jury convicted Manafort of financial crimes unrelated to Mueller’s initial mandate, which was to investigate whether the Trump campaign worked with Russia to influence the 2016 e******n. Flynn and Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to charges that they lied to the FBI during interviews related to the Russia probe.

Federal prosecutors indicted the Russians on charges related to the hacking of Democrats’ emails and for operating a social disinformation scheme that targeted the 2016 e******n.

Republicans have called the investigation a waste of time and resources. President Donald Trump has called it a “witch hunt.”

Prosecutors were unable to establish that the Trump campaign conspired with the Russian government to influence the e******n, Mueller said in a 448-page report released on April 18. Trump and his associates have long denied that they colluded with Russia.

Mueller investigated 10 separate incidents of Trump allegedly attempting to obstruct the Russia probe, but the special counsel’s office declined to indict the president. Mueller said he also did not clear Trump of wrongdoing on the issue of obstruction. Democrats have used Mueller’s ambiguity to ramp up calls for impeachment.

Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.

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The Democrats no doubt think of the cost as "chicken feed," since it was only the taxpayer's hard-earned money, and as we all know, they tend to treat the money in our Treasury like mad money.

Easy come, easy go.

Bcon

[quote=Airforceone]Your post does not even warrant an answer because you live in an alternative universe of i***ts.

That is the universe that you are the prime leader. Any one that thought that Obama was a great leader has to be the the the i***ts delight

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

Bcon wrote:

The special counsel’s investigation cost nearly $32 million in total, according to Justice Department accounting records released Friday.

Image: Robert Mueller, Screenshot
That figure includes the special counsel’s office’s direct expenses, as well as what the Justice Department spent to support the investigation, which began on May 17, 2017 and formally ended on May 29 of this year.

The investigation cost $6.5 million from October 2018 through May, accounting records show. Former special counsel Robert Mueller’s office directly spent more than $4.1 million of that. Most of the Mueller office expenditures, nearly $2.5 million, went to compensation and benefits for special counsel prosecutors and staff.

The investigation was a success or failure, largely depending on who you ask.

Mueller’s team charged 34 people with crimes, including 25 Russian nationals and several Trump associates, including Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, Rick Gates and George Papadopoulos.

A Virginia jury convicted Manafort of financial crimes unrelated to Mueller’s initial mandate, which was to investigate whether the Trump campaign worked with Russia to influence the 2016 e******n. Flynn and Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to charges that they lied to the FBI during interviews related to the Russia probe.

Federal prosecutors indicted the Russians on charges related to the hacking of Democrats’ emails and for operating a social disinformation scheme that targeted the 2016 e******n.

Republicans have called the investigation a waste of time and resources. President Donald Trump has called it a “witch hunt.”

Prosecutors were unable to establish that the Trump campaign conspired with the Russian government to influence the e******n, Mueller said in a 448-page report released on April 18. Trump and his associates have long denied that they colluded with Russia.

Mueller investigated 10 separate incidents of Trump allegedly attempting to obstruct the Russia probe, but the special counsel’s office declined to indict the president. Mueller said he also did not clear Trump of wrongdoing on the issue of obstruction. Democrats have used Mueller’s ambiguity to ramp up calls for impeachment.

Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.

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We got good value for our money................Mueller proved that those who support Trump support Trump and those that do not do not.

bylm1-Bernie

lpnmajor wrote:

We got good value for our money................Mueller proved that those who support Trump support Trump and those that do not do not.

In other words you are saying that it's good value to spend millions of dollars to find out what we already knew?

Lonewolf

elledee wrote:

and the real puppet masters A.K.A. ovomit and hitlery behind..... this tax payer l**ting are never held to account.... demonrats.....they might as well stick a big middle finger in the peoples face and yell rules for thee not me

If that's true blame republicans ther evidently too lazy to do anything I investigated Hillary 3 years found nothing

Lonewolf

bylm1-Bernie wrote:

In other words you are saying that it's good value to spend millions of dollars to find out what we already knew?

Muller made 40 million on manafort and that paid for the entire investigation we also sent some people to prison. When Trump leaves office or don't win in 2020 he can be charged with obstruction Mueller did a really good job. Who spent 25 million investigating Hillary and found nothing so how you going to spin that!

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

Lonewolf wrote:

If that's true blame republicans ther evidently too lazy to do anything I investigated Hillary 3 years found nothing

Quit proving how dumb you are, Please? It's actually embarrassing since you're supposedly the same species as the rest of us. Hillary violated specific statutes. No argument about that. Comey admitted it. He and his corrupt FBI along with a corrupt DOJ did not prosecute. Republicans investigated. They found malfeasance. Congress cannot prosecute. The DOJ and FBI higher ups were all Clinton supporters. Case closed.

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

Lonewolf wrote:

Muller made 40 million on manafort and that paid for the entire investigation we also sent some people to prison. When Trump leaves office or don't win in 2020 he can be charged with obstruction Mueller did a really good job. Who spent 25 million investigating Hillary and found nothing so how you going to spin that!

Actually there's about 27 million up for grabs with many more laying claim than Mueller. As usual the greatest part will go to attorneys. Stop why you are behind. It's statistically impossible to be wrong all the time. You must do it on purpose.

bylm1-Bernie

Lonewolf wrote:

Muller made 40 million on manafort and that paid for the entire investigation we also sent some people to prison. When Trump leaves office or don't win in 2020 he can be charged with obstruction Mueller did a really good job. Who spent 25 million investigating Hillary and found nothing so how you going to spin that!

You're dreaming, Pal, not to mention hallucinating.