Mueller completely dropped the ball with obstruction punt By Andrew C. McCarthy

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 Mueller completely dropped the ball with obstruction punt

By Andrew C. McCarthy

April 18, 2019 | 2:44pm | Updated

The most remarkable thing about special counsel Robert Mueller’s 448-page report is how blithely the prosecutor reversed the burden of proof on the issue of obstruction.

To be sure, President Trump’s conduct outlined on this score isn’t flattering, to put it mildly. For example, the special counsel’s evidence includes indications that the president attempted to induce White House Counsel Don McGahn to fire the special counsel (in June 2017), and then (in January 2018) to deny that the president had made the request.

Mueller’s report further suggests that the president dangled pardons. He made ingratiating comments about Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn and Michael Cohen when they appeared to be fighting the cases against them (and presumably fighting the prosecutor’s efforts to get them to cooperate) but then turned on Flynn and Cohen when they decided to plead guilty and provide testimony for Mueller.

On the other hand, there is evidence that cuts sharply against obstruction. The president could have shut down the investigation at any time, but he didn’t. He could have asserted executive privilege to deny the special counsel access to key White House witnesses, such as McGahn. To the contrary, numerous witnesses were made available voluntarily (there was no need to try to subpoena them to the grand jury), and well over a million documents were disclosed, including voluminous notes of meetings between the president and his White House counsel.

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[Right_in_Virginia]

A mere 24 hours later and it's already tiresome.

[Jazzhead]

This is exactly why prosecutors should never speak publicly about the evidence uncovered in an investigation of someone who isn’t charged. The obligation of the prosecutor is to render a judgment about whether there is enough proof to charge a crime. If there is, the prosecutor indicts; if there is not, the prosecutor remains silent.

And this is why Mueller's such a scoundrel.   There was, after exhaustive investigation, nothing to charge Trump with.   And that should have been that.  But instead Mueller chose to provide 200 pages of innuendo for a "roadmap for impeachment",  as the Dems gleefully put it.   Mueller is no prosecutor,  certainly not of the ethical variety.   He is, his actions prove, a partisan hack.