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Mueller Declined to Decide on Charging Trump With Obstruction Because of DOJ Policy Against It

Contrary to what Attorney General William Barr told reporters earlier Thursday morning, Special Counsel Robert Mueller took into account DOJ policy against prosecuting a sitting president.
He also made clear it is up to Congress to decide on Trump’s fate:
“We concluded that Congress has authority to prohibit a president’s corrupt use of his authority in order to protect the integrity of the administration of justice,” the report says, according to Bloomberg.
A key takeaway from the introduction to the obstruction section.
Mueller declined to make a traditional prosecutorial decision in part because justice department policy is the President can not be indicted pic.twitter.com/3hrhz9Jfqd
— kadhim (^ー^)ノ (@kadhimshubber) April 18, 2019
Mueller report: “Because we determined not to make a traditional prosecutorial judgment, we did not draw ultimate conclusions about the President’s conduct (on obstruction).”
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) April 18, 2019
Breaking on @MSNBC: NBC’s @JuliaEAinsley reports that, according to the report, Robert Mueller did consult the Office of Legal Counsel opinion that you cannot indict a sitting president. She notes that that counters what Barr said earlier.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 18, 2019
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