What is such a stretch about Mueller being implicated by some as “deep state”? If he couldn’t coerce the right people, then he couldn’t–but not for lack of trying.
And what is “deep state”?
From Wikipedia:
A deep state (from Turkish: derin devlet), also known as a state within a state, is a form of clandestine government made up of hidden or covert networks of power operating independently of a nation’s political leadership, in pursuit of their own agenda and goals. Examples include organs of state, such as the armed forces or public authorities (intelligence agencies, police, secret police, administrative agencies, and government bureaucracy). A deep state can also take the form of entrenched, career civil servants acting in a non-conspiratorial manner, to further their own interests. The intent of a deep state can include continuity of the state itself, job security for its members, enhanced power and authority, and the pursuit of ideological objectives. It can operate in opposition to the agenda of elected officials, by obstructing, resisting, and subverting their policies, conditions and directives. It can also take the form of Government-owned corporations or private companies that act independently of regulatory or governmental control.[1]
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In the United States, the term “deep state” was used to describe “a hybrid association of government elements and parts of top-level industry and finance that is effectively able to govern the United States without reference to the consent of the governed as expressed through the formal political process.”[12][13] Intelligence agencies such as the CIA have been accused by elements of the Donald Trump administration of attempting to thwart its policy goals.[14] Writing for The New York Times, the analyst Issandr El Amani warned against the “growing discord between a president and his bureaucratic rank-and-file”, while analysts of the column The Interpreter wrote[14]:
Though the deep state is sometimes discussed as a shadowy conspiracy, it helps to think of it instead as a political conflict between a nation’s leader and its governing institutions.
— Amanda Taub and Max Fisher, The Interpreter
Another Wikipedia entry notes:
According to a poll of Americans in April 2017, about half (48%) thought there was a “deep state” (meaning “military, intelligence and government officials who try to secretly manipulate government”), while about a third (35%) of all participants thought it was a conspiracy theory and the remainder (17%) had no opinion. Of those who believe a “deep state” exists, more than half (58%) said it was a major problem, a net of 28% of those surveyed.
A March 2018 poll found most respondents (63%) were unfamiliar with the term “deep state”, but a majority believe that a deep state likely exists in the United States when described as “a group of unelected government and military officials who secretly manipulate or direct national policy”. Three-fourths (74%) of the respondents say that they believe this type of group definitely or probably exists in the federal government.
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