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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTop Mueller prosecutor: "We could have done more" (criminal search warrants were used)
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Andrew Weissmann, one of former special counsel Robert Mueller's top prosecutors, says in his new book, "Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation," that the probe "could have done more" to take on President Trump, per The Atlantic.
Why it matters ... Weissmann argues that the investigation's report didn't go far enough in making a determination regarding Trump's potential obstruction of justice: "When there is insufficient proof of a crime, in volume one, we say it. But when there is sufficient proof, with obstruction, we dont say it. Who is going to be fooled by that? Its so obvious."
"Had we given it our allhad we used all available tools to uncover the truth, undeterred by the onslaught of the presidents unique powers to undermine our efforts?" Weissmann asks in the book's introduction.
"Part of the reason the president and his enablers were able to spin the report was that we had left the playing field open for them to do so."
Flashback: In its report, Mueller's team compiled 10 different episodes where Trump may have potentially committed obstruction of justice.
The document's final words: "Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him."
That allowed Attorney General Bill Barr to say that the Department of Justice had concluded that the evidence was "not sufficient to establish that the President committed an obstruction-of-justice offense," noting that the government would have to prove such a case "beyond a reasonable doubt."
The bottom line: Weissmann told The Atlantic that Mueller "absolutely" let the American people down before hedging that "the office" had done so and agreed that the investigation had been "a historic missed opportunity."
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Top Mueller prosecutor: "We could have done more" (criminal search warrants were used) (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2020
OP
Mueller said at least twice that he was not impeded. He wimped out. He could have gone down in
Hoyt
Sep 2020
#2
Botany
(70,291 posts)1. "you can see Mueller was hamstrung on purpose."
n/t
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)2. Mueller said at least twice that he was not impeded. He wimped out. He could have gone down in
history as a hero by standing up and telling the truth.
bluestarone
(16,722 posts)3. THIS i have to believe
Mueller COULD have gone down that road BUT refused too! I honestly believe Rosenstein took advantage of Mueller. Maybe because Mueller was showing signs of slight dementia? (just my thinking here) The young Mueller would have Beaten Barrs ass!!!
donkeypoofed
(2,187 posts)4. Weissman did all the work; Mueller had lost a step already
He's the one who would know. I'm glad he's talking.
crickets
(25,896 posts)5. K&R for visibility.
Duppers
(28,094 posts)6. Still furious here.
triron
(21,915 posts)7. Weissman has revealed some startling things, but I honestly think it's worse than he admits.
Perhaps much worse.
Nevilledog
(50,686 posts)8. Yup....still has the feeling of CYA.