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Good faith in the process, he had language that raised the specter of disagreement between obstruction of justice. barr said mueller shirked his responsibility, which the ag repeated today. >> he could have reached a conclusion? >> he couldve reached a conclusion to indict a president of wrong doing in office. he couldve reached a decision whether it was criminal activity. >> do you see the suggestion that there is another venue in this, that was congress? >> im not sure what he was suggesting, ...

Whether he believed trump committed crimes. attorney general william barr says that went too far, he didnt have to be that fair to donald trump. lets take a listen to exactly what attorney general barr said. >> i personally felt he could have reached a decision. >> in your view he could have reached a conclusion? >> right, he could have reached a conclusion. >> he seemed to suggest yesterday that there was another venue for this and that was congress. >> well, im not sure what he was suggesting....

And then said that he really couldnt make a decision. do you agree with that interpretation? >> i personally felt he could have reached a decision. >> in your view, he could have reached a conclusion. >> right, he could have reached a conclusion. the opinion says you cannot indict a president while hes in office, but he could have reached a decision as to whether it was criminal activity, but he had his reasons for not doing it, which he explained, and im not going to, you know, argue about thos...

Talk to your rheumatologist. right here. right now. humira. he analyzed 11 instances where there was possible obstruction and then said he really couldnt make a decision. do you agree with that interpretation? >> i personally feel he could have reached a decision. >> he seemed to suggest there was another venue for this, and that was congress. >> im not sure what he was suggesting, but the department of justice doesnt use our powers of investigating crimes as an adjunct to congress. >> attorne...

Conclusion. the opinion says you cannot indict a president while in office. he could have reached a conclusion, but he had his reasons for not doing it, which he explained. im not going to argue about those reasons. but when he didnt make a decision, the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, and i felt it was necessary for us as the heads of the department to reach that decision. >> well, he seemed to suggest yesterday there was another venue for this and that was congress. >> im not sure wha...

Robert mueller made clear he filed the justice departments legal opinion, the president cannot be charged in office. attorney general barr says mueller could have said the president obstructed justice. >> i personally felt he could have reached the decision? >> in your view, he could have reached a conclusion. the opinion says you cannot indict a president in office but he could have reached as a decision as to whether it was criminal activity. he had his reasons for not doing it, which he expla...

Suggested the ball is in congress court to hold the president account being. he seemed to suggest yesterday there was another venue for this and that was congress. >> well, im not sure what he was suggesting but the department of justice doesnt use our powers of investigating crimes as an adjunct to congress. >> sandra: here now andy mccarthy former federal prosecutor and fox news contributor. i like matt gates and juan williams but i have questions for you. we are moving on with you, randy. can...

That you cannot indict a president while he is in office. but he couldve reached a decision as to whether it was criminal activity. >> not making a decision whether there was criminal activity, mueller suggested that there was plenty of string for congress to pull on. >> the constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing. >> im not sure what he was suggesting, but the department of justice does not use our powers invest...

Heads of the department to reach that decision. >> he seemed to suggest yesterday that there was another venue for this, and it was congress. >> im not sure what he was suggesting, but the department of justice does not use our power as an investigating crime as an adjunct to congress. >> bret: attorney general william barr with cbs saying that he thought robert mueller couldve come to a conclusion one way or another with obstruction of justice but he did not, so barr did. we will start with jud...

Venue for this and that was congress. >> well, im not sure what he was suggesting, but, you know, the department of justice doesnt use our powers of investigating crimes as an adjunct to congress. >> thats the sound of a very smart, very informed lawyer claiming to be confused, unsure. he just doesnt get what mueller suggested yesterday. that is a tell. by proclaiming his confusion, barr can claim hes not even really taking a position, that muellers remarks went over his head. but all mueller di...