The "official story" on Mueller is going to change a lot. It will not be that he was a tenacious and tireless War Hero Superhero Deity, but rather Mueller was an old coot who had lost a step or 20 and "delegated" too much to other people. Mueller was lazy, not up to snuff, "delegated" responsibilities to people like Andrew Weissman and Aaron Zebley.
The same "we leak it to you, you leak to us" backwash/Mockingbird press outfit, The New York Times, who might as well be called a co-author of the "Mueller Report," especially of Volume II, is selling Mueller out big time, as an old guy in over his head. Aw, take pity on him!
As special counsel, Mr. Mueller adopted a more hands-off style than when he was F.B.I. director, and it was on display Wednesday in his congressional appearances.
www.nytimes.com
"Mueller kept noticeably shorter hours."
"He ceded major responsibilities to top deputies."
"Aaron Zebley managed day-to-day operations and often reported on the investigation's progress up the chain in the Justice Department."
"Mr. Mueller took part less and less."
Mueller had a "hands-off style"
A discussion if Mueller "was too old" could now be "ignited"
Did he "delegate too much" and was he "reluctant to testify, perhaps because he was not up to it?"
The calendars of one of the team's top prosecutors, Andrew Weissmann, suggest that he met infrequently with Mr. Mueller, except for daily 5 p.m. meeting, which typically lasted 45 minutes. Instead, the calendars cite Mr. Zebley's initials 111 times, often next to "team leader" meetings, suggesting he may have led them.
Hmm, somebody we never heard of until he insisted at being at the hearing, Aaron Zebley, was a "team leader." Are there any other obscure or unknown "team leaders" we should know about in the influential vein of Aaron Zebley?
If only there was a paper of record that could have at least floated the idea that Mueller wasn't all that and a bag of potato chips but rather was just a front-man getting led around by "team leaders?"
It was only a matter of time until the knives came out for Mueller. They eat their own. One day you're Christ, the next you ain't even chopped liver!
theweek.com
