Opinion | Barr lied to America about Mueller. He must resign as attorney general.
Mueller also went out of his way to say that if the facts had “exonerated” Trump he would have said so. DOJ guidelines prohibit the traditional prosecution of a president while in office, but that does not mean Trump couldn’t be indicted once he leaves office, among other scenarios.
Ultimately, it takes a great deal for a lawyer to put a complaint about something so significant and fraught in writing; such a move creates a factual record, important if one fears one's words or actions may be misrepresented. For Mueller, a man considered cautious by nature, to have chosen this route speaks to the degree to which he may have felt betrayed by BarrMore important, this latest development underscores how Barr has over and over during this process deceived the American public.
But he did know. He knew that Mueller felt his report was not being properly contextualized and wanted more information to be released so that voters and lawmakers could make their own determinations on several questions not definitively answered by the report — especially whether or not the president had obstructed justice.
But that cannot be the standard for an attorney general of the United States. We should expect and demand objectively, neutrality, honesty and integrity from our top law enforcement official. What Mueller was concerned with — ensuring public faith in his report and the investigation — has been severely diminished. And now our faith in ongoing investigations, as well as ongoing litigation involving the president in which Department of Justice is involved, is also at risk.
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