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FINAL CONCLUSION
TO THE REPORT ON THE REDACTED MUELLER REPORT

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@BandyXLee1 2/ /// MENTAL HEALTH ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S REPORT
ON THE INVESTIGATION INTO RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN THE
2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ///
FINAL CONCLUSION
TO THE REPORT ON THE REDACTED MUELLER REPORT ///

@BandyXLee1 3/ We had written earlier that, in the interest of making a reasonable attempt to obtain a personal
interview, we would recommend that the President sit through a formal evaluation by a panel of
independent, nongovernmental body of experts.

@BandyXLee1 4/ We stated that he should be able to agree to one if
he believed himself fit to serve and sent in our recommendation on April 30, 2019, asking him to do
so within three weeks. While we have received indication that our letter reached him, we have not

@BandyXLee1 5/ received an agreement to an interview. Therefore, we believe it is necessary for us to act on our
belief that, absent an examination, we still have enough evidence to draw a conclusion regarding his
capacity to serve.

@BandyXLee1 6/ We maintain that our assessment is based on the highest-quality evidence. We have noted the
unusual wealth of relevant, top-quality data as regards to mental capacity in the Special Counsel’s
report, deriving from multiple sources under sworn testimony.

@BandyXLee1 7/ Furthermore, we take the President’s
unwillingness to undergo a valid mental health evaluation, despite repeated encouragement, as useful
additional data. Finally, we highlighted the greater importance of collateral information in a

@BandyXLee1 8/ functional, not diagnostic, exam—in other words, reports on his capacity to fulfill the duties of his
office by co-workers and close associates are more valuable than a personal interview, which can

@BandyXLee1 9/ distort the actual situation by presenting a desired scenario of events rather than reality.
Our assessment, drawing from the redacted Special Counsel’s report, showed a profound and /
pervasive pattern of the following:

@BandyXLee1 10/ (1.) Compromises in comprehension, or inability to take in critical information and advice; /
(2.) Faulty information processing, in the form of mendacity, rigidity, preoccupation with

@BandyXLee1 11/ external image, skewed notions of “fairness,” and memory that is either poor or on which he
is unwilling to draw; /
(3.) Interferences to sound decision making, including loss of impulse control, recklessness, and
inability to consider likely consequences; and /

@BandyXLee1 12/ (4.) Proneness to placing himself and others in danger, including encouraging, recommending, or
inciting violence on the part of his followers. /
In sum, he failed every criterion of sound mental capacity to make rational, reality-based decisions,

@BandyXLee1 13/ which are critical to functioning in the role of President. Thus, without a personal interview or other
compelling evidence to persuade us to the contrary, our conclusion that the President lacks the
mental capacity to discharge the duties of his office is uncontroverted.

@BandyXLee1 14/ ///
RECOMMENDATIONS ///
A lack of mental capacity in the office of the President poses a serious and imminent risk to public
health and safety. Based on these findings, our most urgent recommendations are as follows: /

@BandyXLee1 15/ (1.) The President must be removed from access to the nuclear codes. The fate of human
civilization should not be dependent on an unstable individual without rational decision making capacity. /
(2.) The President’s war-making powers should be curtailed.

@BandyXLee1 16/ The temptation to draw the nation
into a devastating war for reasons other than the good of the nation will be too great for a
president who lacks the capacity to lead. /
There are other dangers, such as the ability of a cognitively impaired leader to tap into the irrational

@BandyXLee1 17/ fears of the population more effectively, for example, to incite violence; a president’s mental
weaknesses to become an opportunity for extreme policies and agendas to have a chance of passing

@BandyXLee1 18/ in ways that would not be possible under a normal presidency; and a president’s intense emotional
needs becoming an easy target for exploitation by hostile nations. However, we are limiting our

@BandyXLee1 19/ recommendations to the above for clarity and speed of action, emphasizing the level of extreme
urgency.
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Prepared on the 22nd of May, 2019, by:

Bandy X. Lee, M.D., M.Div.
Assistant Clinical Professor in Law and Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine
Project Group Leader of the Violence Prevention Alliance, World Health Organization
President, World Mental Health Coalition

Edwin B. Fisher, Ph.D.
Professor in the Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health,
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Former President, Society of Behavioral Medicine

Leonard L. Glass, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Senior Attending Psychiatrist, McLean Hospital
Former President, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute

James R. Merikangas, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, George Washington University
Research Consultant, National Institute of Mental Health
Co-Founder, American Neuropsychiatric Association
Former President, American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists

James Gilligan, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Adjunct Professor of Law, NYU
Consultant to Violence Prevention Alliance, WHO
Former Director of Mental Health Services, Massachusetts Dept. of Corrections
Former President, International Assoc. for Forensic Psychotherapy