Lewdog
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From what I've seen so far, I would rather see everyone put this on the shelf and focus on a positive election campaign instead. I said I'd accept the Mueller report findings, and if that summary is accurate, I'm going to hold myself to that promise. Of course, that is a conditional decision, based on what the whole report says. If Barr is cherry picking Mueller's findings, hopefully we will find that out, too.Mueller didn't decide, so AG Barr did. And he decided there was not sufficient evidence to charge the President with obstruction of justice.No obstruction of justice.
No he said he didn't decide one way or another if he did or not.
Here are the excerpts from his summary, and a link to the whole thing.
After making a "thorough factual investigation" into these matters, the Special Counsel considered whether to evaluate the conduct under Department standards governing prosecution and declination decisions but ultimately determined not to make a traditional prosecutorial judgment. The Special Counsel therefore did not draw a conclusion -- one way or the other – as to whether the examined conducted constituted obstruction. Instead, for each of the relevant actions investigated , the report sets out evidence on both sides of the question and leaves unresolved what the Special Counsel views as "difficult issues" of law and fact concerning whether the President's actions and intent could be viewed as obstruction. The Special Counsel states that "while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him."
The AG goes on to explain that since Mueller did not come to any legal conclusions on this, it is up to Barr himself to determine whether there was a crime. He determined there was not.
AG Barr quotes Mueller as saying "the evidence does not establish that the President wa involved in an underlying crime related to Russian election interference."
Read: Justice Department summary of Mueller report - CNNPolitics
No such determinations would EVER need to be given to the Obama administration, who wiretapped their political enemies for political gain.
If liberals have even half a brain left--which is doubtful--they will quit while they are ahead. But being liberals, I give that about a 10% chance. Good luck with winners like Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell and Maxine Waters in your court.
That's exactly how I feel and what I've said. The problem is, Mueller made a mess by saying he was not deciding obstruction of justice and left it up to a brand new AG appointed by Trump who had said he was totally against Mueller's investigation.