Mr. Mueller noted that he was "Authorized to investigate actions that could obstruct the investigation." He claimed that he was permitted to investigate the sitting president's conduct because any evidence gathered "While memories are fresh and documents are availablecould be used if there were co-conspirators who could now be charged." However, Mr. Mueller explained why in his view he could not take any prosecutorial action against President Trump while Mr. Trump remained in office.
Mr. Mueller pointed to a long-standing Justice Department policy that a sitting president cannot be indicted while in office as justification for failing make a prosecutorial decision on whether to formally charge President Trump with obstruction of justice.
The problem for Mr. Mueller is that his office evidently found no evidence of any "Co-conspirators who could now be charged" as part of a conspiracy to obstruct justice spurred on by President Trump.
Even if President Trump were suspected of acting entirely on his own to obstruct or attempt to obstruct the FBI and Mueller investigations, the Justice Department policy against indicting a sitting president was not the special counsel office's only concern.
Mr. Mueller failed to mention in his statement the concern expressed in his own report that the evidence his office "Obtained about the President's actions and intent presents difficult issues that would need to be resolved if we were making a traditional prosecutorial judgment."
In any case, the evidence cited in various portions of the Mueller report linked the president's actions with his perfectly legitimate worry that the continuing investigation impaired his ability to govern effectively, conduct foreign policy and keep the commitments he had made to the American people.
Despite saying in his statement that it "Would be unfair to potentially accuse somebody of a crime when there can be no court resolution of an actual charge," Mr. Mueller used his statement to leave the president under a public cloud of suspicion.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273885/mueller-speaks-joseph-klein
Mr. Mueller pointed to a long-standing Justice Department policy that a sitting president cannot be indicted while in office as justification for failing make a prosecutorial decision on whether to formally charge President Trump with obstruction of justice.
The problem for Mr. Mueller is that his office evidently found no evidence of any "Co-conspirators who could now be charged" as part of a conspiracy to obstruct justice spurred on by President Trump.
Even if President Trump were suspected of acting entirely on his own to obstruct or attempt to obstruct the FBI and Mueller investigations, the Justice Department policy against indicting a sitting president was not the special counsel office's only concern.
Mr. Mueller failed to mention in his statement the concern expressed in his own report that the evidence his office "Obtained about the President's actions and intent presents difficult issues that would need to be resolved if we were making a traditional prosecutorial judgment."
In any case, the evidence cited in various portions of the Mueller report linked the president's actions with his perfectly legitimate worry that the continuing investigation impaired his ability to govern effectively, conduct foreign policy and keep the commitments he had made to the American people.
Despite saying in his statement that it "Would be unfair to potentially accuse somebody of a crime when there can be no court resolution of an actual charge," Mr. Mueller used his statement to leave the president under a public cloud of suspicion.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273885/mueller-speaks-joseph-klein
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