Look, I hate to break it to you, but it was a hoax. And it was orchestrated by trump.
See, Mueller was on trump's team the whole time. Trump hired him. Recall that Mueller and Trump met the day prior to him being appointed special counsel under the guise of interviewing for job as FBI director (https://twitter.com/cnn/status/874740917995020289?lang=en).
Here's the thing, though. Mueller couldn't serve another term as FBI director. Reference section 203 of the Crime Control Act of 1976 (https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-90/pdf/STATUTE-90-Pg2407.pdf):
Effective with respect to any individual appointment by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, after June 1,1973, the term of service of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall be ten years. A Director may not serve more than one ten-year term.
Now, Mueller had already served one ten-year term. In fact, President Obama had requested a two-year extension to Mueller's ten-year term (https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/05/12/president-obama-proposes-extending-term-fbi-director-robert-mueller). President Obama's rationale was that having the FBI director leave at that moment would be incredibly dangerous due to the existing threats that were being mitigated by agencies, including the FBI. The fear was that something nefarious could happen during the transition period between Mr. Mueller and the next FBI director.
The 112th Congress agreed (https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1103/text) with the bill passing both a fairly split Senate and a Republican-heavy House by voice vote.
So, let's review:
Mueller, a republican, was appointed by G.W. Bush, a republican. He served a 10 year term, maximum allowed by law. A split Senate and republican House granted him a two year extension to his term in 2013. However, by law, he would never be able to serve as FBI director again.
Mueller and trump meet under the guise of an FBI Director interview, supposedly on May 16th, 2017, but this news only came out a month later, June 13th, once the White House is asked why trump met with Mueller right before he was appointed. Pretty convenient.
Mueller and Barr are good friends. Their families have gone to to the same church for decades (https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/15/trump-russia-mueller-barr-friends-1102244). Why would trump nominate one of Mueller's best friends unless they were working together?
A lot of trump supporters, such as Trey Gowdy, supported and/or praised Mueller's appointment (https://twitter.com/tgowdysc/status/864983924786778113?lang=en).
So, this whole thing was a sham from the get go. Another con from trump.
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