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Gamebreaker
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Re: Joe Biden - Will he Really be Dem Candidate?
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https://www.businessinsider.com/why-...ruction-2019-5 Mueller revealed why he didn't charge Trump with a crime — and it wasn't because of a lack of evidence HOME POLITICS Mueller revealed why he didn't charge Trump with a crime — and it wasn't because of a lack of evidence Eliza Relman and Sonam Sheth May 29, 2019, 12:24 PM special counsel Robert Mueller makes a statement The special counsel Robert Mueller makes a statement on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election at the Justice Department in Washington on May 29, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Bourg Russia Probe Banner The former special counsel Robert Mueller went into detail Wednesday about why he didn't make a decision on whether to charge President Donald Trump with obstruction of justice. Mueller pointed to three factors that he said impeded prosecutors from making a decision on the obstruction case. The first is a 1973 decision by the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel stating that a sitting president cannot be indicted. For that reason, Mueller said, charging Trump with a federal crime "is unconstitutional." He also said it would be "unfair" to even suggest Trump had committed a crime, because it would deprive him of the opportunity to defend himself in a court of law. And he said filing a sealed indictment was not an option because of the 1973 DOJ policy, and because there was a risk that it could leak. "Charging the President with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider," Mueller said. But the former special counsel emphasized that if prosecutors had confidence that Trump did not commit a crime, they would have said so. He also implied that it is up to Congress to potentially pursue impeachment proceedings against Trump.]
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