Robert Mueller Speaks Out About His Russia Investigation Findings
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Robert Mueller Breaks Silence on Russia Probe
Special Counsel Robert Muller says he's leaving the Justice Department now that his Russia investigation is over.
Mueller made the announcement Wednesday in his first public statement since his appointment two years ago.
In a news conference at which he took no questons, Mueller said charging a sitting president with a crime was "not an option" his team could consider in the Russia investigation
He said he was bound by longstanding Justice Department opinions that say a president can't be indicted while in office.
"It would be unfair" to potentially...
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Mueller: Charging president with a crime was 'not an option we could consider'
Special counsel Robert Mueller said Wednesday that charging President Trump with a crime "was not an option we could consider" due to Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations.
Mueller said that his office interpreted current DOJ guidance that states a sitting president cannot be indicted as meaning his team could not bring a charge against Trump as they investigated him for obstruction of justice.
The special counsel said that the Constitution requires a "process other than the criminal justice system" for taking disciplinary action against a sitting president, but did not...
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Mueller says he would not go beyond anything in his report if he appears before Congress
Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III announced Wednesday he was closing his office and offered his first public comments on the results of his work, asserting that Justice Department legal guidance prevented him from accusing the president of a crime and noting cryptically that the Constitution “requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse the president of wrongdoing.”
Standing alone on stage in a room on the Justice Department’s seventh floor normally used for press conferences, Mueller said he was “speaking out today because our investigation...
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