During a press conference on July 26, Nadler said of former special counsel Robert Mueller's testimony, "He told us in a remarkable exchange with Mr. Lieu that but for the Department of Justice policy prohibiting him from doing so, he would have indicted President Trump."
Based on this contextually bereft interpretation Nadler announced his committee is filing an application for the grand jury material underlying the Mueller report and will continue to "Examine witnesses" and "Investigate the president's misconduct."
During his opening statement for the day's second hearing, Mueller corrected his former statement.
Mueller had stated from the very beginning of the hearing that, even going into the investigation, he and his team knew they weren't going to make a determination on whether the president had committed a crime.
Again, in an exchange with Rep. John Ratcliffe, a Texas Republican, Mueller reiterated the point: "Well, as I started today, this afternoon, and added either a footnote or an endnote, what I wanted to clarify is the fact that we did not make any determination with regard to culpability in any way. We did not start that process down - down the road.".
Never Give Up? Ever since the Mueller report first came out, Democrats have been attempting to draw the same conclusion: Mueller would have indicted Trump for obstruction if the Department of Justice did not have a rule against indicting a sitting president.
After Mueller delivered a public statement about the investigation in May and announced that "Charging the president with a crime was not an option we could consider," there was a great deal of speculation that the OLC opinion was the only thing stopping Mueller from charging the president.
https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/30/jerry-nadler-lying-robert-muellers-claim-indicted-trump/
Based on this contextually bereft interpretation Nadler announced his committee is filing an application for the grand jury material underlying the Mueller report and will continue to "Examine witnesses" and "Investigate the president's misconduct."
During his opening statement for the day's second hearing, Mueller corrected his former statement.
Mueller had stated from the very beginning of the hearing that, even going into the investigation, he and his team knew they weren't going to make a determination on whether the president had committed a crime.
Again, in an exchange with Rep. John Ratcliffe, a Texas Republican, Mueller reiterated the point: "Well, as I started today, this afternoon, and added either a footnote or an endnote, what I wanted to clarify is the fact that we did not make any determination with regard to culpability in any way. We did not start that process down - down the road.".
Never Give Up? Ever since the Mueller report first came out, Democrats have been attempting to draw the same conclusion: Mueller would have indicted Trump for obstruction if the Department of Justice did not have a rule against indicting a sitting president.
After Mueller delivered a public statement about the investigation in May and announced that "Charging the president with a crime was not an option we could consider," there was a great deal of speculation that the OLC opinion was the only thing stopping Mueller from charging the president.
https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/30/jerry-nadler-lying-robert-muellers-claim-indicted-trump/
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