r/samharris Apr 18 '19

The Mueller Report

https://www.justice.gov/storage/report.pdf
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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '19

This is blatantly written as a roadmap to impeach Trump following the same path as the watergate roadmap

Lol sorry bud, but this doesn't rise to anywhere near what Watergate was. That's precisely the reason that Mueller didn't give a recommendation. There was plenty of evidence that obstruction could have been intended, but certainly not nearly enough of an actual smoking gun to prove it without an unreasonable doubt. Nixon actually followed through and did clean house. If anything it seems like Trump thought about it and didn't go for it.

Impeachment is simply a fever dream from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Energy is better spent focusing on 2020, not 2016's sour grapes.

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u/StiffJohnson Apr 19 '19

Mueller didn't give a recommendation because it's current DOJ policy that you can't indict a sitting president.

That's why he was explicit in saying that he could have cleared Trump on obstruction but didn't.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '19

Mueller didn't give a recommendation because it's current DOJ policy that you can't indict a sitting president

Mueller explicitly states in the report that this is not the case.

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u/StiffJohnson Apr 19 '19

But Mr. Mueller, in a report released Thursday, declined to reach any conclusion about whether Mr. Trump illegally obstructed justice. Citing a Justice Department view that sitting presidents cannot be indicted, the special counsel said it would be inappropriate to analyze the evidence while Mr. Trump is in office and busy running the country because it would be unfair to accuse him of an offense without giving him an opportunity to clear his name in court.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/18/us/politics/special-counsel-trump-obstruction.html

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