Mueller to speak about his Report @ 11:00 ET Today (how much, claim, job)

[moneill]

Mueller: "If we had confidence that the president did not commit a crime we would have said so"

That's all we need to know. Trump was not cleared, if there was a crime they weren't going to indict anyways.

So no impeachment, no more investigations. Let's just run the election.

We know what we need to know.

This statement will not change the minds of the base on either side....and the independent swing voters can decide how important and relevant it is to them in their decision making.

Trump was not cleared, nor was he charged.

That's it.

[Cruithne]

Wow. Watching FOX news now.

Bret Baier concluding: Impeachment.

[phma]

Originally Posted by craigiri

Wow, some good sound bites there....paraphrasing....

1. No matter what, WE wouldn't have indicted the POTUS......(because we work for him and it is policy that we can't do that).

2. If we felt he DIDN'T commit a crime we would have clearly said so.

3. There was systematic attempts to influence our elections - all Americans should be concerned.

Of course, there was more. But he made it clear who he worked for (DOJ) and that his scope was limited to what he did.

He did step over the line, IMHO, when he first said...

"It is longstanding policy that a sitting POTUS can't be indicted".....

but THEN added "It would be unconstitutional".

So, which is it? I think it is "longstanding policy", which gets broken every week in DC (see Fillibuster, SCOTUS hearings, etc.)

He was on a fools journey with respect to finding the President guilty of a crime due to DOJ policy.

So why was he task with that by DAG Rosenstein ?

Something isn't right or someone doesn't know their job and it may be Rosenstein.

[MJJersey]

Originally Posted by Elliott_CA

"If we had confidence Trump did not obstruct justice we would have said so."
He didn't.
TRUMP OBSTRUCTED.
Time to get busy, Nancy.

Some of you are reading way too much into nothing.

[fusillirob1983]

Originally Posted by cchampagne232000

I think he just wanted to get out in front of everything to avoid being used as a political pawn. "All I'm going to say is in the report". Shaky voice....didn't expect that.

The "the investigation was very important and needed to respond to very serious allegations" seems to be a comment to the whacky rights conspiracy theories.

Right. I think he ended how he did very intentionally - saying all Americans should be concerned about Russian interference. Because it's incredibly serious. Imagine the detail he and his team saw regarding interference, meetings, Internet Research Agency's social media campaign, attempts to get emails, etc.

Mainly for the idiots saying "Hillary was the real colluder herp a derp."

[ColoradoOnMyMind]

Originally Posted by cchampagne232000

I think he just wanted to get out in front of everything to avoid being used as a political pawn. "All I'm going to say is in the report". Shaky voice....didn't expect that.

The "the investigation was very important and needed to respond to very serious allegations" seems to be a comment to the whacky rights conspiracy theories.

He clearly does not want to answer the question of when he knew there was no collusion, or what he knew about the Clinton dossier. He wants this to be over and done with, he sounded very nervous

[Valhallian]

Originally Posted by dashrendar4454

Mueller has said he won’t testify and he gave some red meat for the Dems to chase ove r

If by "red meat" you mean reiterating the report's contents, then yes.

[fusillirob1983]

Originally Posted by Cruithne

Wow. Watching FOX news now.

Bret Baier concluding: Impeachment.

Wow. Trump's going to lower his butt sniffing rate from a 6 to a 3.

[phma]

Originally Posted by MJJersey

Some of you are reading way too much into nothing.

AG Barr made the decision and that's the end of it. He can't be overruled on it ?

[moneill]

Trump was not cleared or charged.

Bottom line.

And even there was a crime, Mueller wasn't going to indict.