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The opinion says that the constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing. >> mueller reiterated at times almost verbatim the main findings of his report, the russians engaged in an attack to sabotage the american election and help trump get elected. that mueller was unable to establish sufficient evidence to charge members of the trump campaign or u.s. persons with criminal conspiracy with that effort despite evidence t...

I suspect that they probably wanted, you know, more put out. >> at one point in time i requested that certain portions of the report be released. >> the deputy attorney general and i concluded that the evidence developed by the special counsel is not sufficient to establish that the president committed an obstruction of justice offense. >> the constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing. >> so jeremy bash, just in re...

After bob muellers nine minute statement that we watched together yesterday on this program. set up a bit of a chain reaction across washington and beyond. first mueller. >> under longstanding department policy, a president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office. the constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing. although department of justice of policy prevented the special counsel from bringing ...

Option we could consider. the departments written opinion explaining the policy makes several important points that inform the handling of the obstruction investigation. those points are summarized in our report and ill describe two of them for you. first, the opinion explicitly permits the investigation of a sitting president because it is important to preserve evidence while memories are fresh and documents available. among other things, that evidence could be used if there are co-constpirator...

President did commit a crime. under long-standing department policy, a 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. >> reporter: so who then should decide? >> the opinion says that the constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing. >> reporter: but president trumps new attorney general...

Past. today in response to muellers statement, none of them are being reticent today. there is a reason that all today said impeachment must be observe. judiciary chairman jerry nadler, where he said this, he said given that special counsel mueller was unable to pursue criminal charges against the president, it falls to congress to respond to the crimes, lies, and other wrongdoing of the president, and we will do so. there is a reason that after jerry nadler made that statement today, there was ...

From the ones who have been more reticent on this issue in the past. today in response to muellers statement, none of them are being reticent today. there is a reason that all today said impeachment must be observe. judiciary chairman jerry nadler, where he said this, he said given that special counsel mueller was unable to pursue criminal charges against the president, it falls to congress to respond to the crimes, lies, and other wrongdoing of the president, and we will do so. there is a reaso...

Were the origins of this investigation. i think bob muellers mere presence at the podium was a starkdi repudiation of his attorney general and of the president. and second, in terms of the content, i thought it was interesting, brian, that what did he choose to highlight? he chose to hold up the report and take a highlighter to the fact he could not charge a president under the office of counsel legal guidance. congress is the only branch of government that can now bring charges against a sittin...

Protocol, if you want to call it that, he would have exonerated the president, as susan pointed out, if he could. he said very clearly that if his office had the confidence to say that the president of the united states did not commit a crime, we would have said so, and thats a point that he also, of course, wrote in his report. so i do think that, you know, were going to debate robert muellers actions and whether or not he could have been more explicit in his language in the report, but one thi...

Crime was therefore not an option we could consider. >> that comment drelktly can contradicts what attorney general bill barr said under oath earlier this month. he claimed the guidelines werent a factor in mueller pfrs decision. the pressure is ramping up after mueller seemed to put the issue of obstruction to congress. >> the constitution require as process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrong doing. >> but mueller made the clear he has no inte...