by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
In a surprise press conference this morning former special counsel Robert Mueller, the man who headed the investigation into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 elections, seemed to be saying that he would not be testifying before Congress because his teams' report was his testimony and he could not go beyond that.
He also said that the material in his report had been "largely" released and that the report "speaks for itself." Much of the report, at least that which was made available to the public which paid for it, was redacted.
Mueller did say that Russia had launched a covert attack on our political system during the 2016 elections, and he appeared to tie Donald Trump to that effort when he ambiguously declared: "If we had confidence the President did not commit a crime, we would have said so." Or, in straight-forward terms, it looks as though Donald may have had Russian mud on his hands.
Mueller made it clear that Donald Trump was not indicted because of a Department of Justice policy which states that a President cannot be charged with a crime while in office. Mueller, an employee of the DOJ, was bound to adhere to its policies. He then indicated that Congress was the appropriate venue for follow-up action on the matter.
So Congress can take their redacted version of the Mueller report, the one sanitized by Attorney General (and Trump appointee) William Barr, and pursue impeachment - and Robert Mueller, who took no questions at today's press conference, would have nothing to add to the report if he was dragged before Congress to testify - because the report is his testimony.
And if Congress has not seen every word of the Mueller report, well that matter is above Mueller's pay grade.
It would appear that the stonewall has been completed.
Citizen Journalist
In a surprise press conference this morning former special counsel Robert Mueller, the man who headed the investigation into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 elections, seemed to be saying that he would not be testifying before Congress because his teams' report was his testimony and he could not go beyond that.
He also said that the material in his report had been "largely" released and that the report "speaks for itself." Much of the report, at least that which was made available to the public which paid for it, was redacted.
Mueller did say that Russia had launched a covert attack on our political system during the 2016 elections, and he appeared to tie Donald Trump to that effort when he ambiguously declared: "If we had confidence the President did not commit a crime, we would have said so." Or, in straight-forward terms, it looks as though Donald may have had Russian mud on his hands.
Mueller made it clear that Donald Trump was not indicted because of a Department of Justice policy which states that a President cannot be charged with a crime while in office. Mueller, an employee of the DOJ, was bound to adhere to its policies. He then indicated that Congress was the appropriate venue for follow-up action on the matter.
So Congress can take their redacted version of the Mueller report, the one sanitized by Attorney General (and Trump appointee) William Barr, and pursue impeachment - and Robert Mueller, who took no questions at today's press conference, would have nothing to add to the report if he was dragged before Congress to testify - because the report is his testimony.
And if Congress has not seen every word of the Mueller report, well that matter is above Mueller's pay grade.
It would appear that the stonewall has been completed.
1 comment:
To sedulously echo the words of a great poet:
Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,
And spills the upper boulders in the sun;
And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.
The work of federal judges is another thing.
I have come after them after criminal cases are complete
and seen their orders blast apart stonewalls erected in
the desperation of despots seeking to obstruct justice and
put transparency into the darkness of rabbit holes.
Judge Emmet Sullivan, who presided over the case of the United States v. Michael Flynn, has ordered the United States to release the portions of the Mueller report relating to Michael Flynn's prosecution. Portions of Mueller's report were redacted to conceal evidence and tactics involved in ongoing criminal cases. The cases against Flynn are over. Expect an less redacted version of the Mueller report soon.
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