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1. A Statement Most Foul
“If we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the president clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state. Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, we are unable to reach that judgment.” -- Mueller
“If we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the president clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state. Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, we are unable to reach that judgment.” -- Mueller
2. What makes the above statement so odious, so misleading, so unethical, so slanderous, so deceptive, so heinous, and so cunning is the fact that it turns the entire purpose of a prosecutorial investigation on its head.
3. No prosecutor in our history has been asked to prove innocence. A prosecutor's job is to prove guilt. Absence of such proof automatically establishes innocence in our system of justice. Everyone is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
4. Mueller report could have and should have equally truthfully said, “If we had confidence that the president committed obstruction of justice, we would so state. Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, we are unable to reach that judgment.” Period.
5. Say what you will about Trump's unsavory behavior at times, but let us not forget the difference between Trump and Hillary (who is quite representative of Obama and other Democrats). Allow me to compare and contrast.
6. The most unsavory evidence of presidential misconduct came from the president's own White House counsel -- meaning it could have been withheld not just from Congress and the public but also from Mueller on executive-privilege and attorney-client-privilege grounds.
7. Remember the Clinton emails investigation -- recall how Mrs. Clinton inserted lawyers in her every activity, and then the Obama DoJ dutifully tied the FBI's hands on the rationale that basic investigative steps would have risked transgressing attorney-client privilege?
8. By contrast, the Trump White House and Barr did not assert privilege claims; as a result testimony politically damaging to the president was freely given to the prosecutor and congressional Democrats.
9. Given that contrast between how Democrats at the highest levels of our government always behave and how Trump has behaved, who would you prefer in the White House, given a choice, every single time? I for one would not want a Clinton anywhere near the White House.
The End.
The End.
A Story Foretold -- Mueller Edition
Read this thread from more than a year ago. I predicted every twist and turn of the Mueller investigation the day he was appointed Special Prosecutor. Nothing that happened since then has been any surprise at all.
Read this thread from more than a year ago. I predicted every twist and turn of the Mueller investigation the day he was appointed Special Prosecutor. Nothing that happened since then has been any surprise at all.
