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Claiming that the investigations yielded nothing is frustratingly dishonest. The conclusion of the Mueller report was that the president would have been indicte

Claiming that the investigations yielded nothing is frustratingly dishonest. The conclusion of the Mueller report was that the president would have been indicted if it weren't for a standing policy that the president cannot be indicted.

jonhohle 7y ago
I believe you are mistaken based on Mueller's own statements[0]: > … Mueller said. "We did not reach a determination as > to whether the president committed a crime." > > That statement was more in line with his report, and > with his earlier opening statement to the Judiciary > Committee, where he said, "Based on Justice Department > policy and principles of fairness, we decided we would > not make a determination as to whether the President > committed a crime. That was our decision then and it > remains our decision today." Any suggestion that the Mueller report asserts that crimes were committed by the president, to my best interpretation, are false. The report does not include any suggestion to indict the president and was never a consideration of the investigation due to the policy you referenced. These claims are repeated incessantly, however, which makes them easy to believe. 0 - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/did-mueller-mean-trump-could-be-indicted-when-he-leaves-n1033901 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/did-mueller-me...
- jonhohle 7y ago
  To anyone who disagrees with this, is there any inaccuracy above? I was trying to make a factual observation and included a source. Does anyone have a reference to support the "conclusion of the Mueller report was that the president would have been indicted if it weren't for a standing policy that the president cannot be indicted"?
drak0n1c 7y ago
Mueller clarified in his final hearing that he misspoke when answering Lieu's earlier question and stated that the OLC policy you describe was not a deciding factor. Video is embedded in the below PBS link. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-mueller-clarifies-answer-on-indicting-trump https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-mueller-clarifie...

jonhohle 7y ago

I believe you are mistaken based on Mueller's own statements[0]: > … Mueller said. "We did not reach a determination as > to whether the president committed a crime." > > That statement was more in line with his report, and > with his earlier opening statement to the Judiciary > Committee, where he said, "Based on Justice Department > policy and principles of fairness, we decided we would > not make a determination as to whether the President > committed a crime. That was our decision then and it > remains our decision today." Any suggestion that the Mueller report asserts that crimes were committed by the president, to my best interpretation, are false. The report does not include any suggestion to indict the president and was never a consideration of the investigation due to the policy you referenced. These claims are repeated incessantly, however, which makes them easy to believe. 0 - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/did-mueller-mean-trump-could-be-indicted-when-he-leaves-n1033901 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/did-mueller-me...

jonhohle 7y ago
To anyone who disagrees with this, is there any inaccuracy above? I was trying to make a factual observation and included a source. Does anyone have a reference to support the "conclusion of the Mueller report was that the president would have been indicted if it weren't for a standing policy that the president cannot be indicted"?

drak0n1c 7y ago

Mueller clarified in his final hearing that he misspoke when answering Lieu's earlier question and stated that the OLC policy you describe was not a deciding factor. Video is embedded in the below PBS link. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-mueller-clarifies-answer-on-indicting-trump https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-mueller-clarifie...