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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsG. Conway Op-Ed: If Mueller Report Doesn't Exonerate Trump, It Must Include Something Pretty Damning
Mediaite article about George Conway's op-ed in the Washington Post tonight.
https://www.mediaite.com/online/george-conway-in-op-ed-if-mueller-report-doesnt-exonerate-trump-it-must-include-something-pretty-damning/
Conwayhusband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conwaywrites that it was always virtually unimaginable that collusion, so defined, would ever be found and the ultimate finding on that issue was bound to become a straw man for President Trump and his supporters to knock down with glee.
He does note the counter-intelligence part of the report and asks, So who knows what we might learn on these subjects from Muellers still-unreleased report?
Conway acknowledges the case of obstruction was a difficult one because on the facts, obstruction turns on whats in a defendants mind often a difficult thing to determine, and especially difficult with a mind as twisted as Trumps.
But the fact that Mueller wrote while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him is stunning to Conway:
No matter what the Mueller report says or whether it gets released in full, Conway adds that Americans should expect far more from a president than merely that he not be provably a criminal.
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He does note the counter-intelligence part of the report and asks, So who knows what we might learn on these subjects from Muellers still-unreleased report?
Conway acknowledges the case of obstruction was a difficult one because on the facts, obstruction turns on whats in a defendants mind often a difficult thing to determine, and especially difficult with a mind as twisted as Trumps.
But the fact that Mueller wrote while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him is stunning to Conway:
Mueller isnt prone to cheap shots; he plays by the rules, every step of the way. If his report doesnt exonerate the president, there must be something pretty damning in it about him, even if it might not suffice to prove a crime beyond a reasonable doubt. And in saying that the report catalogu[ed] the Presidents actions, many of which took place in public view, Barrs letter makes clear that the report also catalogues actions taken privately that shed light on possible obstruction, actions that the American people and Congress yet know nothing about.
No matter what the Mueller report says or whether it gets released in full, Conway adds that Americans should expect far more from a president than merely that he not be provably a criminal.
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Full op-ed here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-conway-trump-is-guilty--of-being-unfit-for-office/2019/03/26/0b5f851e-4ffd-11e9-88a1-ed346f0ec94f_story.html
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G. Conway Op-Ed: If Mueller Report Doesn't Exonerate Trump, It Must Include Something Pretty Damning (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Mar 2019
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handmade34
(22,758 posts)1. Americans should expect far more from a president
than merely that he not be provably a criminal.
SWBTATTReg
(22,171 posts)2. It goes further to prove that rump is a coward. Why aren't they releasing the report? Something...
must be going what rump done and the attempts to stifle its release...like Mr. Conway said...
UTUSN
(70,744 posts)3. K&R
DemsUnited
(1,273 posts)4. k&r
Another good perspective by George Conway.