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16/ "Special Counsel Mueller did not indicate that his purpose was to leave the decision to Congress," Barr said. "I hope that was not his view, since we don't convene grand juries and conduct criminal investigations for that purpose."
17/ Those comments gave the impression that Mueller might not have mentioned Congress at all.
18/ Mueller never explicitly said that Congress should pick up the baton where he left off. But he did directly nod to Congress' unique powers to hold a President accountable for misconduct.
19/ The report said: "The conclusion that Congress may apply the obstruction laws to the President's corrupt exercise of the powers of office accords with our constitutional system of checks and balances and the principle that no person is above the law."
20/ These were very consequential elements of Mueller's work and his findings.
