Posted on 07/24/2019 1:52:08 PM PDT by Mariner
Robert Mueller kicked off his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee Wednesday afternoon by issuing a clarification of something he said during a morning hearing about his decision-making process when it came to the question of whether President Trump committed obstruction of justice.
Mueller raised eyebrows during an exchange with House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif.
“The reason that you did not indict the president is because of the OLC opinion that you cannot indict a sitting president, correct?” Lieu asked, referring to the Office of Legal Counsel’s long-held position against charging a president while they are in office.
“Correct,” Mueller replied.
That gave the impression that if it were not for the OLC opinion, Mueller would have indicted the president. In the afternoon, Mueller was quick to say that is not what he was trying to say at all.
“I want to add one correction to my testimony this morning," Mueller said. "I want to go back to one thing that was said this morning by Mr. Lieu, who said and I quote, ‘You didn’t charge the President because of the OLC opinion. That is not the correct way to say it. As we say in the report and as I said at the opening, we did not reach a determination as to whether the President committed a crime.”
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we did not reach a determination as to whether the President committed a crime.”
ipso facto, we must impeach trump.
They are like children when they don’t get what they want. It is absolutely delicious to watch. Can’t wait to see how Trump digs it in! Has he tweeted yet?
Blaisy Ford was right up there with this, both were unfamiliar with their facts.
It was the Titanic, with Captain Magoo.
Democrats on MSNBC have the look of people who lost the big game but don’t want anyone to know how much they hurt.
Let’s watch. The MSM will push the first performance and underplay the second performance. What a circus!
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The only American that learned anything new from the Mueller report was Mueller himself.
Captain Bligh on the Bounty, mumbling about strawberries.
You’ve got a love it. This hearing slam the hood down on the Democrats heads.
Schiff and Nadler look like fools for inviting Mueller. They should have known what an incompetent he is.
It was pretty bad. But it doesn’t matter to them, as you and I know.
But, I can easily imagine a worse day for the Dem’s...Election Day, November 2020 .... President Donald J Trump is re-elected and the Republican Party takes back control of the House and expands in the Senate ... RBG finally leaves SCOTUS, one way or another, and the Presidents nominate Barret, rendering Roberts and the other Dem’s useless.
That would be the worst day EVER for the Democratic Party.
That's Capt Pencil Neck Magoo, mister!
The (rude word for male member) dem asked the question that way in order to get muller to say what he did. They are bastards.
Ted Lieu, D-Calif, is a partisan hack jerk.
Was that too harsh?
I told you all this would be a no -event. As it turned out Mulehead probably hurt the Dems more than he helped them.
It would be nice to see Nadless lose his chairmanship now, since he obviously can’t get the j0b done. Even his own pants are against him..
Poor judgement, what's next...Nadler entering a triathlon and Schiff a beauty contest?
They did it this way, so that they have the soundbite, for campaign ads.
Alzheimer’s is a terrible thing...
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