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Who is now all but cheering for impeachment based on nothing. and it, they were right the entire time. >> if we had had the confidence that the president had not committed the crime, we would have said so. we did not however make a determination as to whether the president committed a crime. the constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing. >> sean: number one, mr. mr. mueller doesnt know the law. according to the law...

Not produce a charge against donald trump but mueller congress could still step in. >> the opinion says the constitution requires a process other than the criminal justicey system. to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing. >> tucker: a process other than the terminal justice system, thats how 74-year-old anglophile might describe impeachment, it didnt take d democrats along to decode that message, some have been calling for impeachment and had been for quite some time, those who hadn...

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...

Further informed our handling of the obstruction investigation. >> so it seems that is robert mueller was saying that the justice departments rule against indicting a president was at least a major factor if not the decisive factor in the outcome of his vision of the president and then robert mueller added this. >> the constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing. >> that process is, of course, impeachment. after muel...

Mueller stressed his teams inability either to clear the president of a crime, since there was so much evidence of his criminality and like wise inability to charge him because they were barred by department of justice policy. ultimately, his appearance before the cameras represented a kind of passing of the constitutional baton from muellers office to congress, which mueller noted pointedly has the ability to formally accuse the president of wrongdoing. >> as set forth notice report after that ...

Did not make a determination as to whether the president did admit a crime. >> saying his hands were tied. due to the department of justice regulations. >> under long standing department policy, a present president cannot be charged with a federal crime. while he is in office. that is unconstitutional. charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. >> that comment directly contradicts what attorney general said under oath earlier this month. they claim the gui...

Their difference and where they stand. thanks for being with us. tonight on "all in". >> if we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. >> robert mueller finally speaks. >> we did not, however, make a determination as to whether the president did commit a crime. >> and tells congress effectively, its their job to deal with the criminal president. >> the constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a si...

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...

House speaker nancy pelosi continues to resist though she says nothing is off general. did he mislead lawmakers and the public about the mueller report? youll remember that william barr tried to spin muellers findings before the report was made public insisting he had reviewed the evidence and concluded that the president did not break the law. well, yesterday, robert mueller had a different conclusion and said that its congresss job to hold the president accountable for any wrongdoing. we are e...

Even his disagreements with how the justice department rolled them out stood in stark contrast to the attorney generals. take a listen. >> reports have emerged recently, general, that members of the special counsels team are frustrated at some level with the limited information included in your march 24th leader. do you know what they are referencing with that? >> no, i dont. i suspect that they probably wanted more put out. >> at one point in time i requested that certain portion of the report ...