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Mueller’s press conference today could not have been clearer: His report is an impeachment referral to Congress. themoscowproject.org/dispatch/muell…
He explicitly did not “exonerate” Trump. Instead, he reiterated that DOJ policy prevents indicting a sitting president, but that, “if we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so.”
He outlined why the investigation into obstruction was “of paramount importance”: because that obstruction threatened to hide the truth about Russia’s attack on American democracy. nytimes.com/2019/05/29/us/…
And he explained that the Trump team’s obstruction threatens the rule of law:
Mueller’s report documented widespread corruption, obstruction, and, yes collusion. Trump’s team knew before anybody else about Russia’s attack, and, instead of trying to stop it, aided and abetted it. themoscowproject.org/dispatch/what-…
In his statement, Mueller emphasized that “the Constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing.”
That puts the ball in Congress’s court. Members from both parties must pick it up. themoscowproject.org/dispatch/muell…
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