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Originally Posted by detbuch
He didn't say they obstructed justice. He certainly could have charged them of it. Nor that Trump did. Keep clinging.
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"Lies by Trump campaign officials and administration officials impeded your investigation."
Mueller: "I would generally agree with that."
.@RepRichmond: So it's fair to say that president tried to protect himself by asking staff to falsify records relevant to an ongoing investigation?
MUELLER: "I would say that's generally a summary."
.@RepMcClintock: It's starting to look like, having desperately tried & failed to make a legal case against POTUS, you made a political case instead. You put it in a paper sack, lit it on fire, rang the doorbell, & ran.
MUELLER: I don't think you reviewed the same report as ours
.@RepRaskin on witness tampering: So POTUS used inducements in form of positive messages to get Cohen to not cooperate, & then used attacks & intimidation to deter the provision of information once Cohen began cooperating?
MUELLER: I believe that's accurate.
"You could charge the president of the United States after he has left office"
Mueller: "Yes"
.@RepKarenBass: To be clear, the president is asking his WH counsel, Don McGahn, to create a record that McGahn believed to be untrue, while you're investigating the president for obstruction?
MUELLER: Generally correct
.@RepKenBuck: Was there sufficient evidence to convict president of Trump or anyone else of obstruction of justice?
MUELLER: We did not make that calculation.
BUCK: Why not?
M: Because of the OLC opinion that states the president can't be charged with a crime.
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