BY SHARYL ATTKISSON, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 12/10/18 09:00 AM EST 419
In part, it’s the length of time that it’s taken that has rendered special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe functionally irrelevant.
I submit that the die was largely cast prior to Mueller’s appointment on May 17, 2017. Perhaps if there had been a quick investigation with prompt findings inside of a couple of months, things might be different. But nearly 19 months of speculation, breathless leaks and innuendo — true and false — have taken on lives of their own, providing time for each side to dig in.
From what I can tell, most people have come down somewhere in one of two general camps:
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