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White House lawyer Emmet Flood sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr in April complaining that special counsel Robert Mueller's report made "political" statements, according to multiple reports.
The letter was sent one day after Mueller's redacted report was released to the public.
In it, Flood described the Mueller report as suffering from “an extraordinary legal defect” and rebuked the special counsel for explicitly stating that his investigation did not “exonerate” President Trump on allegations of obstruction of justice.
“The SCO Report suffers from an extraordinary legal defect: It quite deliberately fails to comply with the requirements of governing law,” Flood wrote. “Lest the Report’s release be taken as a ‘precedent’ or perceived as somehow legitimately the defect, I write with both the President and future Presidents in mind to make the following points clear.”
Flood took issue with Mueller’s statements on obstruction, arguing that “making conclusive determinations of innocence is never the task of the federal prosecutor.”
In his report, Mueller wrote that his prosecutors could not “conclusively” determine that Trump did not commit a criminal offense and left the question of obstruction open.
“Prosecutors simply are not in the business of establishing innocence, any more than they are in the business of ‘exonerating’ investigated persons,” Flood wrote. “In the American justice system, innocence is presumed; there is never any need for prosecutors to ‘conclusively determine’ it” “Nor is there any place for such a determination.”
The President therefore wants the following features of his decision to be known and understood:
originally posted by: Artemis12
a reply to: Lumenari
I'm of the rare breed here then cause i'm clicking on the link lol.
These very public and widely felt consequences flowed from, and
were fueled by, improper disclosures by senior government officials with
access to classified information. That this continues to go largely
unremarked should worry all civil libertarians, all
supporters of investigative due process, and all believer in limited and
effective government under the Constitution.
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
a reply to: Lumenari
Mueller also said that he couldn't indict Trump, who he was unable to clear, because of the DOJ rule against indicting a sitting president, and tossed it over to the constitutional authority of Congress.
This is a predictable administration, once again trying to change the damning evidence in the report, by attacking Mueller and his team's work, for one thing or another.
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
a reply to: Lumenari
Mueller also said that he couldn't indict Trump, who he was unable to clear, because of the DOJ rule against indicting a sitting president, and tossed it over to the constitutional authority of Congress.
This is a predictable administration, once again trying to change the damning evidence in the report, by attacking Mueller and his team's work, for one thing or another.
Any thoughts from those who take the time to read the Flood letter?