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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWondering about this response from Mueller and so why didn't Mueller charge a crime???
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budkin
(6,716 posts)He had everything he needed to make a DECISIVE recommendation that Trump be charged and he couldn't get himself to do it. Instead he tried to hint at it and let someone else make the call.
Blaukraut
(5,695 posts)triron
(22,022 posts)emulatorloo
(44,186 posts)TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)And when every fucking one of them is a liar, who's testimony could you use to indict the others if they flipped, which none of them really did. It's quite clear the Trump legal teams strategy was to get Mueller to try to follow the circle-jerk of Manafort, Papadopolis, etc., which was somewhat successful.
triron
(22,022 posts)TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)Mueller didn't seem to think he did (there was evidence, but I guess he couldn't prove they willingly/knowingly were breaking the law, which seems to count when it comes to campaign law violations.
I would agree that Mueller probably would have placed charges for obstruction if he could.
Ponietz
(3,013 posts)but he did admit that Drumpfuck could have been subpoenaed, and elected not to do so because of the time it would have taken. I wish he had forced the issue.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)near future.
And when the courts finally rules and ordered Trump to testify he would have just taken the fifth and Mueller would have nothing.
He had to make a call and he made it. I think it was the right one.
Ponietz
(3,013 posts)Mueller was appointed in May, 2017, and when the court finally rules seems an implicit admission that our justice system wasnt and isnt capable of such a simple thing as enforcing a subpoena on the chief executive. Forcing Fat Donnie Shart to take the Vth would, certainly, have improved the complexion of matters.
Cheers.