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Barr Says Mueller Was Wrong, ‘Could’ve Reached a Decision’ on Obstruction
Barr Says Mueller Was Wrong, 'Could've Reached a Decision' on Obstruction
May 30, 2019 ~ By Zachary Stieber
Attorney General William Barr said that special counsel Robert Mueller was wrong when Mueller said he could not recommend charging President Donald Trump with a crime if enough evidence existed.
Mueller, speaking for the first time since the submission of his report to Barr, claimed on May 29 that his team’s avoidance of a traditional prosecutorial decision—a recommendation to press charges or not—was due to Department of Justice policy.... “Under long-standing Department policy, a President cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office. That is unconstitutional. Even if the charge is kept under seal and hidden from public view—that too is prohibited,” Mueller said, citing the department’s Office of Legal Counsel. Charging the President with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider,” he added.
Barr, the head of the department and therefore Mueller’s boss, said that that simply was not true.... “I personally felt he could’ve reached a decision,” Barr said during an interview with CBS on May 30. Barr said Mueller “had his reasons” for not making a recommendation but declined to explain, adding: “I’m not going to, you know, argue about those reasons.” Barr said the office’s opinion was relevant but didn’t prohibit what Mueller thought it did.
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Of course Mueller is wrong, or more likely, a snowflake chicken. His job included crimes committed during the investigation. All he had to do was say his opinion was that such and such statute was broken.
Regarding the opinions on whether a sitting President can be indicted, the prevailing opinion seems to be that one can’t, and according to Dershowitz, a sitting President can’t even commit obstruction of a Special Counsel, it does not apply.
We aren't surprised. Everybody with half a head knows what we just witnessed from Mueller was the end of a career and sheer panic. He's like the master throwing scraps to the dogs to keep them nourished. He's buying the Progressive Marxist Socialist/DSA Democrats more airtime so they can try and fool those still believing a completely fabricated accusation and story.
I agree with A.G. Barr. Mueller could have come to a conclusion on obstruction. I believe he did but would not absolutely say so, so as not to infuriate the democrats. He is trying to slip away quietly, without any dissention.
Of course Mueller could've reached a decision. He had full authority and was given more than enough time and money to properly conduct his investigation into so-called "Trump-Russia collusion." He did not make his decision, so the AG assumed responsibilty, as would normally happen. This is all just a smoke sceeen.