Robert Mueller made clear: he couldn't have indicted Trump even if he wanted to | Lawrence Douglas

In his first comments since his report was released, Mueller set the record straight on his report’s most contested conclusion: that a sitting president cannot be charged

For those who hoped that Robert Mueller’s first public comments since his report was released would do what it failed to – free us from a demagogue who has taken American democracy hostage – Wednesday must have come as a disappointment. If Mueller’s parting words as special counsel had a familiar ring, it is because they echoed, often verbatim, statements that appear in his lengthy report.

And yet in his characteristically restrained manner Mueller did, I believe, seek to set the record straight on his report’s most contested conclusion:

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