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Robert Mueller’s ‘final statement’ was a disgraceful mess

2019-05-30

[NYPOST] Special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s statement upon the shuttering of his two-year investigation into the Trump campaign was weird even by the standards of the weirdness of the past couple of years. “Charging the president with a crime was not something we could consider,” he reported. Indeed, even pursuing that question, he added, would have been unconstitutional under long-standing Justice Department guidelines.

But then he said that if his office could have exonerated the president, it would have: “If we had confidence the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so.”
But you can't prove a negative, so too bad.

Related: The American Thinker - Mueller offers sly impeachment bait

Posted by:Fred

#6 Sadly, yes, we are accustomed to being disappointed. But I still think it would be interesting to watch Mueller field questions from the other side of the aisle.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-05-30 13:02

#5 I'm tired of hearing about congress creatures who could / would "ask the tough questions. A person goes into politics because lawyering is just too hard by comparison. When I was a reporter, the newsroom joke was "What do you call a lawyer with an IQ of 80? 'Your honor.'"

Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-05-30 12:23

#4 Mueller is wise not to testify before Congress. If somebody like Jim Jordan asked him the really pertinent questions he'd be in trouble.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-05-30 11:36

#3 I wonder if somebody would be so kind as to provide a short list of the President's crimes?

Obstruction of justice by ... what? Suggesting he might fire Mueller? Firing Comey? Sending Valentine's day cards to Putin? Or are we back to the original purpose of the 'probe' - Russian collusion?

Posted by: Bobby 2019-05-30 08:34

#2 The Mueller proctology probe was created with a lie by a disgraced FBI director. The phony basis for it was funded by the DNC and HRC. That's the simple version. There is a cast of many others complicit in this treason. This rotting fish needs to be buried deep forever and those who served it up dealt with.

The Dems are dumbos to keep pushing it. It will blowback on them in the coming elections.

Posted by: JohnQC 2019-05-30 08:05

#1 “Charging the president with a crime was not something we could consider,” he reported.

Two years of investigation, $40m down the drain? What was it then, you were doing may I ask ?

Dyed in the wool Clinton operative, reminding the congress of their impeachment duties, without using the work impeachment. Mueller has erased any doubt regarding his objectivity or intentions.

[Asea News] WASHINGTON : ‘It was a coup’: Mueller critics demand ‘deep state’ investigation, Obama testimony Alexander Nazaryan 5 hours ago

Posted by: Besoeker 2019-05-30 04:49

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