Fair take: this does not 100% cast the investigation in a bad light, only key parts

Agree. It's not the atomic bombshell that some were hoping it would be. But what it should do is make any reasonable person say "hmmm...that seems pretty f'd up. What else could've been going on?"

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So mueller still has compelling reason to investigate

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wait.

the whole thing was made up...but he still has a compelling reason?

WTF is wrong wit hyou.

The memo is only the beginning. More investigations are still ongoing.

That's a naive take. Mueller investigation is an extension of what this is all about. This is an attempt to destroy Trump by using government forces to do it.

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i agree. i think everything i've heard from Mueller is even handed. he doesn't seem to be witch hunting and causing fear everywhere he sticks his head. let him continue his work unhindered, but lock up everybody that got him to this point.

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Disagree. He has had long enough. I was fine with his original investigation, but he needs to wrap this noise up, pronto. Whatever evidence of collusion there is, he can report it and let the chips fall where they may.

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Memo makes clear papasoupols was already being investigated

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uh, Pop has already copped to lying about having Russian connections

So, No, they have no reason to continue

Senior leadership at the fbi knew this fisa warrant was fraudulent.

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So mueller still has compelling reason to investigate

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Would you also agree that the FBI's conduct in this deserves its own, separate investigation/prosecution, at least, then?

I mean, if Mueller is still relevant, what about this whole landfill we've just unearthed?

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I disagree. The whole foundation of the investigation was a political campaign opposition research report.

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Not really.

Page was previously recruited by the SVR, and he has sketchy ties and activities.

Thus, from a non-legal perspective, Page was someone most could agree warranted surveillance.

The problem is that Page probably hadn't done much around the time of exiting the Trump campaign to be surveilled. So the FBI used a fake dossier as the basis of obtaining surveillance.

But, that wasn't the basis for Mueller's investigation.

So far, it's akin to a judge knowing a perp is a criminal but using falsified evidence to convict him on some other charge. And that's bad, obviously. But it probably won't be 1) morally outrageous to most people and 2) doesn't invalidate the Mueller probe.