Holy congressional probe!
Former FBI chief Robert Mueller is the hero America needs to investigate Russia’s meddling into the 2016 presidential election, his former second-in-charge said Sunday.
“A line in New York would be Batman’s back to save Gotham, but I think in this case, Batman is back to save America,” Timothy Murphy told John Catsimatidis during an interview on “The Cats Roundtable.”
Murphy served as the agency’s deputy director under Mueller, who was named as a special counsel in the investigation this week, following James Comey’s ouster as FBI director.
Murphy insisted any investigation headed by his old boss “is not going to be a witch hunt” because he is a man of “unquestionable integrity.”
He was careful to add that Comey is also a man of great integrity, but also that there was “a sigh of relief” at the FBI and among the public at large after Mueller was appointed to oversee the probe.
“To have someone come in and independently oversee this investigation was a brilliant move,” said Murphy, who worked at the FBI from 1988 to 2011.
Mueller led the FBI in the particularly tough years after 9/11, and is still highly respected as a tough but fair leader, Murphy said.
“I have already received a number of calls, resumes, a number of people volunteering to leave what they are currently doing to come be on Robert Mueller’s team,” he said.