“Special counsel Robert Mueller said Wednesday that charging President Donald Trump with a crime was ‘not an option’ because of federal rules, but he used his first public remarks on the Russia investigation to emphasize that he did not exonerate the president.” (AP News)
The left is calling for an impeachment inquiry and urging Mueller to testify in front of Congress.
“The [Mueller] report chronicles how Trump fired the FBI director, tried repeatedly to push out other Justice Department officials, tried to shut down the Russia and Flynn probes, tried to fire Mueller, praised witnesses who didn’t cooperate with Mueller, and attacked a loyalist who did… [Mueller said on Wednesday] that he concluded that he wasn’t even allowed to consider charging the president with a crime… [he also said] that he doesn’t have ‘confidence’ that Trump ‘clearly did not commit a crime.’ So, you know ... connect the dots, I guess?” (Andrew Prokop, Vox)
The right is critical of Mueller, arguing that his statement was inappropriate and went beyond his role as a prosecutor.
“Last I heard, a prosecutor’s job involved determining whether sufficient evidence exists to charge someone with a crime—not whether there’s sufficient proof of innocence. The insertion of ‘not’ in Mueller’s statement… turns American jurisprudence completely on its head.” (Marc Giller, The Resurgent)
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