Our previous post covering the efforts by special counsel Mueller to use a ‘conspiracy to defraud the government’ charge against Russian meddlers begs another question:

If such a conspiracy charge can be invoked absent any specific actual crime…

…can’t it be used against Obama (who colluded with FusionGPS to undermine the Romney campaign in 2012) as well as Hillary, who colluded with them in 2016…

…since their efforts were meant to subvert and thwart an honest election process?

When special prosecutors can creatively twist laws, EVERYONE becomes fair game.

And if it was a fraud conspiracy individually – taking this a step further, wouldn’t Obama using FusionGPS in such a way, then Hillary doing the same, constitute racketeering?

As the IBD article (linked above) notes (emphasis added)…

“This goes beyond mere creepy political collusion, or dirty campaign capers. It suggests a broader Democratic scheme to use government resources to hamstring opposition political campaigns and, now, to destroy a presidency.

And this conspiracy spans two presidential campaign cycles and two separate opposition presidential candidates, using remarkably similar tactics and even the same law firm and research operation. With a number of government officials knowingly involved, this, in short, reeks of conspiracy to subvert the election process.“

RICO, anyone?