After a year of investigations and nearly $7 million tax dollars wasted, Mr. Mueller’s special council has found no evidence of Trump Russia collusion. In what has been perhaps the most bizzare series of events in modern political history, and to the dismay of many Americans, the Mueller investigation continues to drag on. Individuals are beginning to view the Mueller investigation as a partisan witch-hunt, but is it? To answer that question, let’s go back to 2012.

In March 2012, President Barack Obama was meeting with then Russian President Dmitri Medvedev when a hot mic picked up the two leaders following exchange concerning missile defense:

Obama: “On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this can be solved, but it’s important for him to give me space.”

Medvedev: “Yeah, I understand, I understand your message about space. Space for you…”

Obama: “This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility.”

Medvedev: “I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir.”

Could you imagine if President Trump were to be caught telling a Russian president that he would be “flexible” on missile defense after his campaign efforts were over? The media would lose their minds and protesters would storm D.C. demanding impeachment. However, what happened in Obama’s case was quite the contrary. After Obama’s controversial mic slip, Democrats began mocking Republican candidate Mitt Romney for stating that “Russia posed the greatest geopolitical threat to the United States.” Even Obama himself mocked Romney by stating that “The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back.” Isn’t it funny how fast the Democrats are willing to change their minds on Russia when it provides an opportunity to benefit them?

Diving deeper into the meat of the Mueller investigation, we must look into the individual components behind it. 13 of the 17 members (nearly 80% of of Mueller’s team) have previously registered as Democrats. The other four had no affiliation or their affiliation could not be found. Nine of the 17 made political donations to Democrats, (their contributions totaling more than $57,000) and six donated to Hillary Clinton, Trump’s opponent in the 2016 race. Does this information not appear to demonstrate bias for such a heavily stacked Democrat team to be tasked with investigating a Republican president?

The most important question to ask is that if Russian election meddling has been going on since prior to 1976, why is such a heavy emphasis being placed upon it now? In 2014, the Obama administration received multiple warnings from national security officials between 2014 and 2016 that the Kremlin was ramping up its intelligence operations and building disinformation networks it could use to disrupt the U.S. political system. What did Obama do about it? Nothing. Some of you may even remember CNN pushing articles such as No, the presidential election can’t be hacked prior to Trump’s November victory. It is clear that the Democrats experienced such a rapid tone change in regard to Russia for one reason, manipulation.

The Democrats are tirelessly attempting to keep the Mueller investigation going for as long as possible. Their goal is to simply cast a negative light on the Trump administration, and toss bones to the liberal conspiracy theorists cluttering the mainstream media. It is a dirty political tactic, but many Americans are beginning to see through the façade. If the Democrats truly cared about democratic integrity, why did they fight against the Hillary Clinton investigation into her obvious violations of the Espionage Act (18 U.S. Code § 798) while serving as Secretary of State? The Democrats have a blatant double standard.

As a Trump supporter, I attended multiple campaign rallies during the 2016 election season. I saw first hand the giant banquet halls and stadiums filled with patriotic Americans who supported Trump. With some of the larger rallies bringing in crowds of nearly 40,000 supporters, it is implausible to believe that 13 Russian trolls were responsible for creating such a feat. So as Mr. Mueller continues to spend your tax dollars indicting Russian companies that don’t even extest, I’ll keep it up to you to decide for yourself whether or not the investigation is a partisan witch-hunt.