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 Counsels 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 didnt 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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they said its a tragedy that the Republicans are trying to use this to further divide the country.
Now Ive heard it all.
all those millions of dollars and investigation and all they came up with as evidence for Russian interference was a few unidentifiable individuals who bought some Facebook ads
LOLOLOLOLOL ! ! !
Let us hope that today’s Democrat debacle transfers into a massive Republican win on Nov 3, 2020!
I envision the House and the Senate closely aligned with President Trump to REALLY Make America Great Again!
He gave them a headline and then took it away. Lol.
Oh. Wait. Never mind.
He always looks like Humpty Dumpty, with his pants up around his chest.
Yes they have, lgjhn23. Yes they have.
I guess its a good thing Trump turned Mueller down for the FBI director position back when he fired Comey.
Rep. Lieu thought he had the gold ring when Mueller told him that if not for the OLC opinion he would have indicted the president. In the afternoon Mueller corrected what he told Lieu. We did not reach a determination as to whether the Pres committed a crime. Mueller made it clear that he did not intend to support Lieus implication that Mueller would have indicted Trump if not for the OLC opinion. This was the second time that Mueller had to correct the OLC statement. The correction pissed all over Lieu’s gold ring
Made it funnier when Mueller gave the press 5 minutes of hope - then grabbed it back...
From your lips to God’s ear. . .
Well said.
“...all those millions of dollars and investigation and all they came up with as evidence for Russian interference was a few unidentifiable individuals who bought some Facebook ads...”
The DNC, the PIAPS and the Kenyan Usurper (and some others) should all be forced to pay back the U.S. Treasury (our tax dollars) for this fiasco. There should be a lawsuit for it.
One question I wanted Mr Mueller, have you had any contact with Obama, Hillary or Susan Rice since you took the job, or any communications with them regarding Trump since he was elected?
Mueller is The penultimate genital wart
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