Mueller did strongly suggest that it is up to Congress at this present time to formally accuse a sitting president, because the Trump Justice Department will not. The question of whether a sitting president may be charged criminally during his or her presidency may be decided by a court at some point. He said the Justice Department policy is clear and that he abided by that policy. Q: In Mueller’s speech, he detailed 10 instances where Trump had possibly attempted to impede the investigation, but said the Constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing.” Is he indicating an impeachment process?Ī: Not exactly. electoral process, and he cannot and will not clear Donald Trump of attempting to obstruct justice. The two points Mueller made abundantly clear: There was, and is, ongoing Russian interference in the U.S. But the words were very damaging to Barr’s credibility among open-minded Americans, although in a deeply divided country, I’m not sure how many people are open to changing their minds about anything relating to Trump. Mueller was precise and diplomatic in his wording. Q: What’s your takeaway from Robert Mueller’s eight-minute statement?Ī: Robert Mueller made clear that he believed Trump’s attorney general, William Barr, misstated the findings of the report when Barr claimed that Trump had been cleared of wrongdoing. Here is a Q&A based on my interview on China Radio International.
In eight minutes of words, as carefully scripted as his previous silence, Mueller delivered a message radically different in tone and substance than the Trumpian tweets about a “Russia hoax” and the president’s insistence that there was “no collusion.” Two months after Mueller delivered a 448-page report to Attorney General William Barr, he closed up shop and left his job as Special Counsel. Justice Department building on May 30, 2019Īfter two years of carefully scripted public silence, Robert Mueller spoke on May 30. Robert Mueller reads a statement to reporters at the U.S.
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