Monday, May 6, 2019

This is the most crucial paragraph from the Mueller report: "No person is above the law"

https://www.salon.com/2019/04/19/this-is-the-most-crucial-paragraph-from-the-mueller-report-no-person-is-above-the-law_partner/?fbclid=IwAR1O6bqkqUiYiXEGQgoNiMkvpThwnt876BqDETU2a5zyd8lINIW5UhndHbo
"Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report is a revealing and incisive document, explicating and detailing the extensive evidence uncovered in the investigation of a potential conspiracy between President Donald Trump’s campaign and the Russian government as well as presidential attempts to obstruct justice. And while many of these new details and the narrative they tie together are of incredible value, much of the outline of the behavior documented were already known. Trump and his campaign aides were interacting frequently with figures tied to the Russian government, gleefully accepted their help during the election, and tried — sometimes illegally and sometimes successfully — to cover it all up. As president, Trump engaged in a series of outrageous acts designed to stymie the probe, many of which could clearly be considered criminal obstruction of justice — but Mueller declined to make a prosecutorial judgment on this question. Instead, he clearly thinks it is up to Congress to decide whether to hold Trump accountable. In arguably the most crucial paragraph of the report, the Mueller team sets forth why potential charges for Trump’s obstruction would be legitimate under the Constitution and fall to lawmakers, at least for now"