Barr: ‘Mueller could have reached a decision on obstruction’ if he wanted to…but he didn’t
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.....It should be noted that despite this longstanding Justice Department opinion, Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr found 11 counts against then-President Bill Clinton in the late 1990s, to include obstruction of justice, perjury, and witness tampering.
He didn’t indict Clinton, either; he let the House do its duty, which it did: Clinton became the first president impeached since Andrew Johnson in the mid-1800s (neither were convicted by the Senate).
As such — and Barr makes this perfectly clear — if Mueller had truly found evidence supporting an obstruction of justice charge against POTUS Trump, he could have concluded that in his report and given the House a legitimate reason to begin impeachment proceedings.
Maybe Mueller does have a shred of decency as I am sure Weissman would have had no problem lying and saying the President was guilty of obstruction.
But why did he choose to lie, misspoke is a weasel word, and say if but for the OLC.......