While Mueller appeared to deliver a 'bombshell' while discussing a possible obstruction of justice charge against Trump, he later clarified that he did not mean to express this view MuellerHearings
Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Toward the end of Robert Mueller’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, the former special counsel had a notable exchange with California Democrat Ted Lieu, in which it appeared that he went further than any prior statement in implicating President Trump on a possible obstruction of justice charge. On CNN, Preet Bharara called the interaction a “bombshell.
Lieu: The reason, again, that you did not indict Donald Trump is because of OLC opinion that you cannot indict a sitting president, correct? In the context of the Mueller–Lieu sound bite, it appears as if the special counsel stated that he would have indicted Trump if it weren’t for the “OLC opinion,” referring to a precedent established by the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, which states that the “indictment or criminal prosecution of a sitting President would unconstitutionally...
Unfortunately for Democrats hoping to impeach Trump, Mueller did not mean to express this view. Mueller, who has been perceived as struggling through his testimony, had stated at other points that he did not even consider indicting the president, because that was not within his authority as special counsel— the difference between “I wanted to indict Trump but couldn’t” versus “I never even considered a hypothetical indictment.
Then again, Democrats could always try to impeach Trump for his racist comments, as Texas Democrat Al Green attempted last week.
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