Barr Says Mueller Was Wrong, ‘Could’ve Reached a Decision’ on Obstruction

[bullwinkle]

Mueller's job was to investigate. Not make charges. That's the job of the AG and DOJ.

Mueller indicted many ... just none named Trump.

I think that may be because you evidently cannot indict a sitting President. Didn't you read the Barr hearing transcripts? And since Barr is so omnipotent to you, seems like you'd figger out why Trump is not indicted.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Mueller punked out.
He believes that Congress is the Investigative Branch of Gov't, instead of being the Legislative Branch!
Mueller's nothing but a punk.

Mueller team did the investigation. The 448 page report details this.

From Mueller statement yesterday:
"And beyond department policy, we were guided by principles of fairness. It would be unfair to potentially — it would be unfair to potentially accuse somebody of a crime when there can be no court resolution of the actual charge."

You cannot accuse some of a crime in the report if they cannot be indicted and face their day in court. Can't even have a sealed indictment as well.

Then why the fuck did the idiot Democraps demand a Special Prosecutor in the first place?

Democrap fuckers blew $35 million of taxpayer money for nuthin' on a goddamn fishing expedition.
Blew it only in the name of resistance over Hillary, a real criminal, losing the election.

Exactly! What the fuck was the point of the investigation if he wasn't allowed to reach a conclusion? Why even bother?

 

[SAYIT]

Mueller's job was to investigate. Not make charges. That's the job of the AG and DOJ.

Mueller indicted many ... just none named Trump.

I think that may be because you evidently cannot indict a sitting President. Didn't you read the Barr hearing transcripts? And since Barr is so omnipotent to you, seems like you'd figger out why Trump is not indicted.

Your conclusion may fit your narrative but it isn't based in fact. In an interview aired Friday on "CBS This Morning," Barr stated that Mueller could have reached a decision. The Mueller Report is an internal DOJ document:

JAN CRAWFORD: In your view, he could have reached a conclusion?

BARR: Right, he could have reached a conclusion. The opinion says you can not indict a president while he's in office, but he could have reached a decision about whether it was criminal activity. He had his reasons for not doing it, which he explained. I'm not going to argue about those reasons, but when he didn't make a decision, the deputy attorney general and I felt it was necessary for us, as the heads of the department, to reach that decision.

CRAWFORD: Well, he seemed to suggest yesterday that there was another venue for this, and that was Congress.

BARR: I'm not sure what he was suggesting, but the Department of Justice doesn't use our powers of investigating a crime as an adjunct to Congress.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

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.

Haha, what a steaming pile of shit. If mueller is a coward, then his boss Barr is doubly a coward. This entire idiotic rant makes no sense on any level.

Mueller isn't a coward. He's a punk, like you.
Big difference.

Sorry, an abject failure like you isn't in any position to judge educated, successful people like me and Mueller. But we will allow you to soothe yourself.

I figured you didn't know the difference between a punk and a coward.
A punk is a person who succumbs to peer pressure (a follower) and is too stoopid to be afraid.
That's Mueller and you.

Haha, you throw these little hissy fits every time the orange ####### gets in a pinch.

 

[B. Kidd]

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.

Haha, what a steaming pile of shit. If mueller is a coward, then his boss Barr is doubly a coward. This entire idiotic rant makes no sense on any level.

Mueller isn't a coward. He's a punk, like you.
Big difference.

Sorry, an abject failure like you isn't in any position to judge educated, successful people like me and Mueller. But we will allow you to soothe yourself.

I figured you didn't know the difference between a punk and a coward.
A punk is a person who succumbs to peer pressure (a follower) and is too stoopid to be afraid.
That's Mueller and you.

Haha, you throw these little hissy fits every time the orange ####### gets in a pinch.

Spoken like the true punk that you and Mueller are.

 

[dudmuck]

Mueller punked out.
He believes that Congress is the Investigative Branch of Gov't, instead of being the Legislative Branch!
Mueller's nothing but a punk.

Mueller team did the investigation. The 448 page report details this.

From Mueller statement yesterday:
"And beyond department policy, we were guided by principles of fairness. It would be unfair to potentially — it would be unfair to potentially accuse somebody of a crime when there can be no court resolution of the actual charge."

You cannot accuse some of a crime in the report if they cannot be indicted and face their day in court. Can't even have a sealed indictment as well.

Then why the fuck did the idiot Democraps demand a Special Prosecutor in the first place?

Democrap fuckers blew $35 million of taxpayer money for nuthin' on a goddamn fishing expedition.
Blew it only in the name of resistance over Hillary, a real criminal, losing the election.

Exactly! What the fuck was the point of the investigation if he wasn't allowed to reach a conclusion? Why even bother?

The point of the investigation is to investigate. 448 page result of that.
The conclusion is responsibility of congress for president, or US attorney's for others in executive branch.
Mueller could certainly recommend a conclusion, but he doesnt have to.

 

[B. Kidd]

Mueller punked out.
He believes that Congress is the Investigative Branch of Gov't, instead of being the Legislative Branch!
Mueller's nothing but a punk.

Mueller team did the investigation. The 448 page report details this.

From Mueller statement yesterday:
"And beyond department policy, we were guided by principles of fairness. It would be unfair to potentially — it would be unfair to potentially accuse somebody of a crime when there can be no court resolution of the actual charge."

You cannot accuse some of a crime in the report if they cannot be indicted and face their day in court. Can't even have a sealed indictment as well.

Then why the fuck did the idiot Democraps demand a Special Prosecutor in the first place?

Democrap fuckers blew $35 million of taxpayer money for nuthin' on a goddamn fishing expedition.
Blew it only in the name of resistance over Hillary, a real criminal, losing the election.

Exactly! What the fuck was the point of the investigation if he wasn't allowed to reach a conclusion? Why even bother?

The point of the investigation is to investigate. 448 page result of that.
The conclusion is responsibility of congress for president, or US attorney's for others in executive branch.
Mueller could certainly recommend a conclusion, but he doesnt have to.

Uhhhh....Mueller is not under the purview of Congress. He reports to the Executive Branch.....duhhh.

 

[Siete]

Mueller punked out.
He believes that Congress is the Investigative Branch of Gov't, instead of being the Legislative Branch!
Mueller's nothing but a punk.

Mueller team did the investigation. The 448 page report details this.

From Mueller statement yesterday:
"And beyond department policy, we were guided by principles of fairness. It would be unfair to potentially — it would be unfair to potentially accuse somebody of a crime when there can be no court resolution of the actual charge."

You cannot accuse some of a crime in the report if they cannot be indicted and face their day in court. Can't even have a sealed indictment as well.

Then why the fuck did the idiot Democraps demand a Special Prosecutor in the first place?

Democrap fuckers blew $35 million of taxpayer money for nuthin' on a goddamn fishing expedition.
Blew it only in the name of resistance over Hillary, a real criminal, losing the election.

Exactly! What the fuck was the point of the investigation if he wasn't allowed to reach a conclusion? Why even bother?

The point of the investigation is to investigate. 448 page result of that.
The conclusion is responsibility of congress for president, or US attorney's for others in executive branch.
Mueller could certainly recommend a conclusion, but he doesnt have to.

Uhhhh....Mueller is not under the purview of Congress. He reports to the Executive Branch.....duhhh.

and Congress can impeach a president -

dddduuuuuhhhhhh back

 

[B. Kidd]

Mueller team did the investigation. The 448 page report details this.

From Mueller statement yesterday:
"And beyond department policy, we were guided by principles of fairness. It would be unfair to potentially — it would be unfair to potentially accuse somebody of a crime when there can be no court resolution of the actual charge."

You cannot accuse some of a crime in the report if they cannot be indicted and face their day in court. Can't even have a sealed indictment as well.

Then why the fuck did the idiot Democraps demand a Special Prosecutor in the first place?

Democrap fuckers blew $35 million of taxpayer money for nuthin' on a goddamn fishing expedition.
Blew it only in the name of resistance over Hillary, a real criminal, losing the election.

Exactly! What the fuck was the point of the investigation if he wasn't allowed to reach a conclusion? Why even bother?

The point of the investigation is to investigate. 448 page result of that.
The conclusion is responsibility of congress for president, or US attorney's for others in executive branch.
Mueller could certainly recommend a conclusion, but he doesnt have to.

Uhhhh....Mueller is not under the purview of Congress. He reports to the Executive Branch.....duhhh.

and Congress can impeach a president -

dddduuuuuhhhhhh back

Mueller need not remind them; but couldn't resist cause he is a partisan anti-Trumper punk.
He left his indecision on obstruction to Barr, Rosenstein, and DOJ lawyers; but undermined it. In fact, Barr WAS NOT legally bound to even release Mueller's report to begin with. Muellers cagey 'indecision' determination on obstruction forced a release.
Mueller's an anti-Trump punk.

 

[Darkwind]

Mueller no longer matters. Barr is the only authority regarding this matter and there are no more indictments forthcoming.

The focus now is on those who drove this conspiracy and attempted soft coup.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Mueller punked out.
He believes that Congress is the Investigative Branch of Gov't, instead of being the Legislative Branch!
Mueller's nothing but a punk.

Mueller team did the investigation. The 448 page report details this.

From Mueller statement yesterday:
"And beyond department policy, we were guided by principles of fairness. It would be unfair to potentially — it would be unfair to potentially accuse somebody of a crime when there can be no court resolution of the actual charge."

You cannot accuse some of a crime in the report if they cannot be indicted and face their day in court. Can't even have a sealed indictment as well.

Then why the fuck did the idiot Democraps demand a Special Prosecutor in the first place?

Democrap fuckers blew $35 million of taxpayer money for nuthin' on a goddamn fishing expedition.
Blew it only in the name of resistance over Hillary, a real criminal, losing the election.

Exactly! What the fuck was the point of the investigation if he wasn't allowed to reach a conclusion? Why even bother?

The point of the investigation is to investigate. 448 page result of that.
The conclusion is responsibility of congress for president, or US attorney's for others in executive branch.
Mueller could certainly recommend a conclusion, but he doesnt have to.

The point of the investigation is to investigate . . . WHY, if he's not allowed to reach any conclusions? He's not a private eye, Bub; he's a prosecutor, carrying on a prosecutorial investigation. Y'know why they do that? To determine whether or not a crime was committed. So don't tell me that he investigated all this time with no intention of actually making a determination of whether or not he found something. Dingbat.

What is the responsibility of Congress is deciding how they want to proceed with the conclusion. THAT is how it's supposed to work, not "I'll just go out and dig up bunches of dirt to fling, and then weasel around trying to sound like I'm accusing him of something while very carefully wording it so I'm not, because I can't."

 

[Cecilie1200]

Mueller team did the investigation. The 448 page report details this.

From Mueller statement yesterday:
"And beyond department policy, we were guided by principles of fairness. It would be unfair to potentially — it would be unfair to potentially accuse somebody of a crime when there can be no court resolution of the actual charge."

You cannot accuse some of a crime in the report if they cannot be indicted and face their day in court. Can't even have a sealed indictment as well.

Then why the fuck did the idiot Democraps demand a Special Prosecutor in the first place?

Democrap fuckers blew $35 million of taxpayer money for nuthin' on a goddamn fishing expedition.
Blew it only in the name of resistance over Hillary, a real criminal, losing the election.

Exactly! What the fuck was the point of the investigation if he wasn't allowed to reach a conclusion? Why even bother?

The point of the investigation is to investigate. 448 page result of that.
The conclusion is responsibility of congress for president, or US attorney's for others in executive branch.
Mueller could certainly recommend a conclusion, but he doesnt have to.

Uhhhh....Mueller is not under the purview of Congress. He reports to the Executive Branch.....duhhh.

and Congress can impeach a president -

dddduuuuuhhhhhh back

Okay. Good luck with that. We'll let you know if we notice.

 

[Weatherman2020]

He's bs-ing you...

all he had to do was demand that Mueller make the charge or not... not make the decision himself without even reading the Mueller Investigation report.

Mueller sought the advice and counsel of the Justice dept legal team, they told him NO, he could not make charges of a crime towards anyone, without pressing charges.

Can you post the paragraph in the Mueller report where he recommended criminal proceedings?

I didn’t think so.

 

[Care4all]

He's bs-ing you...

all he had to do was demand that Mueller make the charge or not... not make the decision himself without even reading the Mueller Investigation report.

Mueller sought the advice and counsel of the Justice dept legal team, they told him NO, he could not make charges of a crime towards anyone, without pressing charges.

Can you post the paragraph in the Mueller report where he recommended criminal proceedings?

I didn’t think so.

Where did I say he recommended criminal proceedings? Mueller said the Office of Legal Counsel rule states that he can not criminally charge and try a president, the constitution provides the method to account for the wrong doings of a president.....

That is impeachment inquiries/proceedings.... or oversight or censure, all by Congress.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Haha, what a steaming pile of shit. If mueller is a coward, then his boss Barr is doubly a coward. This entire idiotic rant makes no sense on any level.

Mueller isn't a coward. He's a punk, like you.
Big difference.

Sorry, an abject failure like you isn't in any position to judge educated, successful people like me and Mueller. But we will allow you to soothe yourself.

I figured you didn't know the difference between a punk and a coward.
A punk is a person who succumbs to peer pressure (a follower) and is too stoopid to be afraid.
That's Mueller and you.

Haha, you throw these little hissy fits every time the orange ####### gets in a pinch.

Spoken like the true punk that you and Mueller are.

Either one of us is twice the man you could ever be. And you know it. That's why you goobers are always so mad.

 

[Weatherman2020]

He's bs-ing you...

all he had to do was demand that Mueller make the charge or not... not make the decision himself without even reading the Mueller Investigation report.

Mueller sought the advice and counsel of the Justice dept legal team, they told him NO, he could not make charges of a crime towards anyone, without pressing charges.

Can you post the paragraph in the Mueller report where he recommended criminal proceedings?

I didn’t think so.

Where did I say he recommended criminal proceedings? Mueller said the Office of Legal Counsel rule states that he can not criminally charge and try a president, the constitution provides the method to account for the wrong doings of a president.....

That is impeachment inquiries/proceedings.

What’s that have to do with recommendations?

 

[Care4all]

He's bs-ing you...

all he had to do was demand that Mueller make the charge or not... not make the decision himself without even reading the Mueller Investigation report.

Mueller sought the advice and counsel of the Justice dept legal team, they told him NO, he could not make charges of a crime towards anyone, without pressing charges.

Can you post the paragraph in the Mueller report where he recommended criminal proceedings?

I didn’t think so.

Where did I say he recommended criminal proceedings? Mueller said the Office of Legal Counsel rule states that he can not criminally charge and try a president, the constitution provides the method to account for the wrong doings of a president.....

That is impeachment inquiries/proceedings.

What’s that have to do with recommendations?

Ethics protocol states you can't accuse a person of a crime, without bringing charges, so they can defend themselves in a court of law of the justice dept accusations...

And that is understandable.... As example, the alleged Atlanta Olympics bomber was accused by the law enforcement in the media, the guy was innocent with no way to defend himself.... he ended up winning a huge lawsuit, if memory serves...

 

[Weatherman2020]

He's bs-ing you...

all he had to do was demand that Mueller make the charge or not... not make the decision himself without even reading the Mueller Investigation report.

Mueller sought the advice and counsel of the Justice dept legal team, they told him NO, he could not make charges of a crime towards anyone, without pressing charges.

Can you post the paragraph in the Mueller report where he recommended criminal proceedings?

I didn’t think so.

Where did I say he recommended criminal proceedings? Mueller said the Office of Legal Counsel rule states that he can not criminally charge and try a president, the constitution provides the method to account for the wrong doings of a president.....

That is impeachment inquiries/proceedings.

What’s that have to do with recommendations?

Ethics protocol states you can't accuse a person of a crime, without bringing charges, so they can defend themselves in a court of law of the justice dept accusations...

And that is understandable.... As example, the alleged Atlanta Olympics bomber was accused by the law enforcement in the media, the guy was innocent with no way to defend himself.... he ended up winning a huge lawsuit, if memory serves...

Let’s run with that.

Why was Mueller given tens of millions of dollars?

 

[Care4all]

He's bs-ing you...

all he had to do was demand that Mueller make the charge or not... not make the decision himself without even reading the Mueller Investigation report.

Mueller sought the advice and counsel of the Justice dept legal team, they told him NO, he could not make charges of a crime towards anyone, without pressing charges.

Can you post the paragraph in the Mueller report where he recommended criminal proceedings?

I didn’t think so.

Where did I say he recommended criminal proceedings? Mueller said the Office of Legal Counsel rule states that he can not criminally charge and try a president, the constitution provides the method to account for the wrong doings of a president.....

That is impeachment inquiries/proceedings.

What’s that have to do with recommendations?

Everything.

 

[Care4all]

He's bs-ing you...

all he had to do was demand that Mueller make the charge or not... not make the decision himself without even reading the Mueller Investigation report.

Mueller sought the advice and counsel of the Justice dept legal team, they told him NO, he could not make charges of a crime towards anyone, without pressing charges.

Can you post the paragraph in the Mueller report where he recommended criminal proceedings?

I didn’t think so.

Where did I say he recommended criminal proceedings? Mueller said the Office of Legal Counsel rule states that he can not criminally charge and try a president, the constitution provides the method to account for the wrong doings of a president.....

That is impeachment inquiries/proceedings.

What’s that have to do with recommendations?

Ethics protocol states you can't accuse a person of a crime, without bringing charges, so they can defend themselves in a court of law of the justice dept accusations...

And that is understandable.... As example, the alleged Atlanta Olympics bomber was accused by the law enforcement in the media, the guy was innocent with no way to defend himself.... he ended up winning a huge lawsuit, if memory serves...

Let’s run with that.

Why was Mueller given tens of millions of dollars?

To investigate the attack by Russians on our democratic elections and if any of the Trump campaign workers in constant contact with these Russians were unwittingly or wittingly working with them, and if the President tried to interfere in this on going official investigation, and to prosecute any unrelated crimes that were exposed by the investigation.

Are you really trying to argue that Mueller should have accused Trump of crimes without charging him?