I don’t know if “I don’t know” works. Mueller was brought on because he is a twice confirmed by the Senate, has handled the highest level investigations and ran the fbi with distinction for 12 years. It is a tall order to find a better person than that for this job.
I don’t acknowledge your point about Mueller having been a mentor to Comey being particularly important considering it’s a small world at the level these guys operate at.
I see. So Mueller had no conflict in other cases and was approved for other roles so that automatically means he does not have a conflict in this one. Nice. Good thing that honest judges don't decide to recuse or not recuse based on this same logic. "hey, I was unanimously approved by the senate, and I have a good reputation so nevermind that my son or my mentee is the defendant this time and we worked side by side in the same office for years."
The special counsel statute or rules says that the special counsel shall not have an established relationship with any of the key witnesses. Try to wrap your head around that a little before saying it is not "particularly important." How you feel is not the deciding factor. In regard to these guys operating in a "small world", well, that's the point. There is a big world out there. There is no requirement that the special counselor come from the same little world that comey was in.
You don't see these points because it is not convenient for you to see them. If a special investigator is appointed for Hillary, you will suddenly see them.
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