{"id":136481,"date":"2018-05-21T09:01:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T15:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=136481"},"modified":"2018-05-21T09:01:28","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T15:01:28","slug":"crocodile-tears-over-the-cost-of-the-mueller-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/21\/crocodile-tears-over-the-cost-of-the-mueller-investigation.html","title":{"rendered":"Crocodile Tears over the cost of the Mueller Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mueller&#39;s investigation: $3.2M<\/p>\n<p>Benghazi &quot;investigation&quot;: $7M<\/p>\n<p>Bill Clinton investigation: $70M<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#39;s golfing trips: $83M<\/p>\n<p>New debt from Republican tax bill:$1.5T<\/p>\n<p>Republicans selective outrage about the cost of Trump-Russia investigation bullshit.<\/p>\n<p>Karma is not done yet.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mr. Weeks \ud83e\udd34\ud83c\udffe (@MrDane1982) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrDane1982\/status\/997159783789719552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>RT @MrDane1982: Mueller&#8217;s investigation: $3.2M<\/p>\n<p>Benghazi &#8220;investigation&#8221;: $7M<\/p>\n<p>Bill Clinton investigation: $70M<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s golfing trips: $83M\u2026<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>As the Mueller investigation runs into its second year, a talking point has developed that this is all Some Horrible Waste of Time and Money. Which, on reflection and comparison (Benghazi!), in particular given the number of indictments and guilty please already secured by the Mueller team, seems like a bit of handwaving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mueller&#39;s investigation: $3.2M Benghazi &quot;investigation&quot;: $7M Bill Clinton investigation: $70M Trump&#39;s golfing trips: $83M New debt from Republican tax bill:$1.5T Republicans selective outrage about the cost of Trump-Russia investigation bullshit. Karma is not done yet. &mdash; Mr. Weeks \ud83e\udd34\ud83c\udffe (@MrDane1982) May 17, 2018 RT @MrDane1982: Mueller&#8217;s investigation: $3.2M Benghazi &#8220;investigation&#8221;: $7M Bill Clinton investigation: $70M &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/21\/crocodile-tears-over-the-cost-of-the-mueller-investigation.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Crocodile Tears over the cost of the Mueller Investigation&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[78,376,1071],"tags":[1581,723,1077],"class_list":["post-136481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tweets","category-taxing-spending","category-trump","tag-mueller","tag-nt","tag-trump"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/trump-some-more.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":138409,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/25\/on-the-the-end-of-the-mueller-investigation.html","url_meta":{"origin":136481,"position":0},"title":"On the the end of the Mueller Investigation","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 25-Mar-19 10:17am","format":false,"excerpt":"It's not the end.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Elections 2016&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Elections 2016","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/elections-2016"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/trump-and-mueller.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/trump-and-mueller.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/trump-and-mueller.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":135657,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/14\/but-their-text-messages.html","url_meta":{"origin":136481,"position":1},"title":"&#8220;But their text messages!&#8221;","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 14-Dec-17 4:10pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It's a sign the Mueller investigation is actually turning up dirt -- and threatens to turn in far more -- that the White House, the conservative media machine, and now the GOP Congress are doing all they can to discredit Mueller, the investigation, and, now the FBI as a whole.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fbi-trump-texts.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":136088,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/10\/its-all-a-hillary-democratic-deep-state-witch-hunt-plot.html","url_meta":{"origin":136481,"position":2},"title":"It&#8217;s all a Hillary Democratic Deep State Witch Hunt Plot!","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 10-Apr-18 4:16pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Hannity said so! 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