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Seeing some incorrect reports that Mueller found Trump's obstruction "failed" because staff resisted - no.

Mueller wrote some of Trump's goals did not "succeed," like having Mueller fired, which is distinct from whether obstruction of justice occurred, as a legal matter.
Admittedly a technical analytical point, but a real distinction.
See, eg, p 12 sec 2
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Today the Trump DOJ becomes the first administration to ever charge a publisher with *espionage* — an assertive, unprecedented legal crackdown on the traditional rights and protections for publishers.

That is a legal fact, regardless of one’s views of Julian Assange.
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It could be applied to a range of other journalistic activities, as we’ve previously reported about this case.
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Ari Melber
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Some are missing this:

Mueller followed DOJ rules barring presidential indictment, but he *did* include factual conclusions about obstruction.

The Report lists 11 key incidents analyzed as potential obstruction by Trump...
Some end with Mueller giving Trump the benefit of the doubt:

Mueller concludes the Comey firing may *not* be obstruction because the “evidence does not resolve” whether Trump’s “real reason” for the firing was corrupt or not....
Others end with Mueller *detailing* the case against Trump:

Mueller concludes Trump’s demand that Sessions take the probe over & prosecute Clinton was for the illicit “purpose” of restricting the probe and to “shield the President” from the investigation.

That’s obstruction.
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Ari Melber
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New: Barr was wrong, Mueller Report states DOJ rules don't allow indicting President so, as policy:

The Mueller probe avoided any approach that would "result in a judgment the President committed crimes."
Barr letter wrongly claimed Mueller Report "leaves it to the Attorney General" to determine whether Trump committed a crime

Today we see that is *not* what Mueller Report says

It states DOJ does not allow that - not for Mueller, not for AG- and thus the Report details evidence.
Mueller explicitly says as a matter of DOJ rules, "no charges can be brought" against POTUS.

No charges possible means no charges possible, not by Mueller or by Barr.

So Barr's letter was incorrect in its depiction of Mueller. (Barr can reach his own separate views.)
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