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Barr and Mueller put themselves into a Catch 21.5:
1) You have to make a call on obstruction.
2) But you can't indict or accuse. It's unfair to a defendant who can't defend himself in trial (Vol II, p.2)
3) So there's only one permitted result: Exonerate.
(The key error is #2)
1) You have to make a call on obstruction.
2) But you can't indict or accuse. It's unfair to a defendant who can't defend himself in trial (Vol II, p.2)
3) So there's only one permitted result: Exonerate.
(The key error is #2)
I'm not saying Barr and Mueller cooperated to come up with this absurdity (colluded?), but that's the combined effect of their different kinds of conservatism.
Mueller came up with #2 (don't accuse someone if you can't put them on trial immediately). And it's ridiculous.
Mueller came up with #2 (don't accuse someone if you can't put them on trial immediately). And it's ridiculous.
Mueller: “We can’t accuse the president of a crime. It’s not fair.” (II, p. 2)
“Now please read this 400-page cryptic dense report that almost accuses a president of a crime, but I make sure not to do so clearly so the public understands he committed crimes...”
“Now please read this 400-page cryptic dense report that almost accuses a president of a crime, but I make sure not to do so clearly so the public understands he committed crimes...”
