Speaking at Justice Department headquarters in Washington, D.C., Wednesday morning, a visibly nervous Robert Mueller told reporters that he found no evidence of collusion with Russia, but then appeared to invent a new, extrajudicial standard for innocence in the United States.
"Under long-standing department policy, a president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he's in office," Mueller added, saying that "Charging the president with a crime was not an option we could therefore consider."
In defiance of his prosecutorial duties, Mueller restated the "Prove a negative" standard from his report.
"If we had confidence that the president did not commit a crime, we would have said so," Mueller said during his appearance at DOJ headquarters.
It was not Mueller's job to prove a negative - that the president did not commit a crime.
Commentators on Twitter seemed baffled by the new Mueller standard of innocence, with many arguing that by bypassing his duties as a prosecutor, he greenlit impeachment for Democrats in Congress.
Even as they strung up several Trump associates on process crimes unrelated to the investigation, Mueller and his team of Democrat prosecutors failed to find a single piece of evidence to prove the Trump-Russia collusion conspiracy.
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/mueller-sets-new-standard-innocence-prove-not-commit-crime/
"Under long-standing department policy, a president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he's in office," Mueller added, saying that "Charging the president with a crime was not an option we could therefore consider."
In defiance of his prosecutorial duties, Mueller restated the "Prove a negative" standard from his report.
"If we had confidence that the president did not commit a crime, we would have said so," Mueller said during his appearance at DOJ headquarters.
It was not Mueller's job to prove a negative - that the president did not commit a crime.
Commentators on Twitter seemed baffled by the new Mueller standard of innocence, with many arguing that by bypassing his duties as a prosecutor, he greenlit impeachment for Democrats in Congress.
Even as they strung up several Trump associates on process crimes unrelated to the investigation, Mueller and his team of Democrat prosecutors failed to find a single piece of evidence to prove the Trump-Russia collusion conspiracy.
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/mueller-sets-new-standard-innocence-prove-not-commit-crime/
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