JoyV wrote:
Not according to his own report. If it were a case of not charging him because he was a sitting President, the evidence would still be listed in the report along with all the frivolous evidence such as "Trump said nice things about Flynn." and "...Manafort." which was under Mueller's list of evidence of obstruction. This is something the media has reported as if fact ever since the Mueller report didn't pan out as they wanted. It is a fantasy. An MSM wet dream. That a sitting president can't be indicted is NOT evidence of guilt!
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The 10 instances of possible obstruction in Mueller report
By MARK SHERMAN
April 18, 2019
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Attorney General William Barr speaks alongside Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, right, and acting Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Edward O'Callaghan, left, about the release of a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report during a news conference, Thursday, April 18, 2019, at the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
WASHINGTON (AP) â Special counsel Robert Muellerâs investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election identified 10 instances of possible obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump. Mueller said in his report that he could not conclusively determine that Trump had committed a crime or that he hadnât.
A look at the 10 instances:
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PRESSURE ON COMEY TO END PROBE OF MICHAEL FLYNN
This includes the presidentâs statement to then-FBI Director James Comey regarding the investigation of then-national security adviser Michael Flynn. Trump told Comey: âI hope you can see your way to letting this go.â
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PRESIDENTâS REACTION TO THE CONTINUING RUSSIA INVESTIGATION
Among the evidence is the president telling then-White House counsel Don McGahn to stop Attorney General Jeff Sessions from recusing himself from the Russia investigation and Trumpâs subsequent anger at Sessions. Trump also contacted Comey and other intelligence agency leaders to ask them to push back publicly on the suggestion that Trump had any connection to the Russian election-interference effort.
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FIRING OF COMEY AND AFTERMATH
Muellerâs report says âsubstantial evidenceâ indicates Trumpâs decision to fire Comey in May 2017 was the result of the FBI directorâs unwillingness to say publicly that Trump was not personally under investigation. On the day after Trump fired Comey, the president told Russian officials that he had âfaced great pressure because of Russia. Thatâs taken off.â
Attorney General William Barr says special counsel Robert Mueller's report recounts 10 episodes involving President Donald Trump that were investigated as potential acts of criminal obstruction of justice. (April 18)
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APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL COUNSEL AND EFFORTS TO REMOVE HIM
Trump reacted to news of Muellerâs appointment by telling advisers that it was âthe end of his presidency.â The president told aides that Mueller had conflicts of interest and should have to step aside. His aides told Trump the asserted conflicts were meritless. Following media reports that Muellerâs team was investigating whether the president had obstructed justice, Trump called then-White House counsel Don McGahn at home and directed him to have Mueller removed. McGahn refused.
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FURTHER EFFORTS TO CURTAIL THE SPECIAL COUNSELâs INVESTIGATION
Trump instructed former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski to have Sessions publicly announce that, notwithstanding his recusal from the Russia investigation, the investigation was âvery unfairâ to the president, the president had done nothing wrong, and Sessions planned to meet with Mueller to limit him to âinvestigating election meddling for future elections.â
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EFFORTS TO PREVENT PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF EVIDENCE
In summer of 2017, Trump learned that the news media planned to report on the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower between senior campaign officials and Russians offering derogatory information about Hillary Clinton. The president directed aides not to publicly disclose the emails setting up the meeting. Before the emails became public, the president also edited a press statement for Donald Trump Jr. by deleting a line that acknowledged that the meeting was âwith an individual who (Trump Jr.) was told might have information helpful to the campaign.â
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ADDITIONAL EFFORTS TO HAVE SESSIONS TAKE CONTROL OF INVESTIGATION
At several points in between July 2017 and December 2017, Trump tried to get Sessions to declare that he was no longer recused from the Russia investigation and would assert control over it. The report says thereâs evidence that one purpose of asking Sessions to step in was so that the attorney general would restrict the investigationâs scope.
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TRUMP ORDERS WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL TO DENY THAT PRESIDENT TRIED TO FIRE MUELLER
In an Oval Office meeting in February 2018, Trump told McGahn to âcorrectâ a New York Times story that reported Trump had earlier instructed McGahn to fire Mueller. Trump also asked why McGahn had told Muellerâs investigators about the directive to remove Mueller. McGahn told Trump he had to tell the investigators the truth.
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TRUMPâS ACTIONS TOWARD, FLYNN, MANAFORT AND OTHER POSSIBLE WITNESSES
Mueller looked at whether Trumpâs sympathetic messages to Flynn, former campaign manager Paul Manafort and others were intended to limit their cooperation with Muellerâs investigation. When Flynn began cooperating with prosecutors, Trump passed word through his lawyer that he still had warm feeling for Flynn and asked for a âheads upâ if Flynn knew of information implicating Trump. Trump praised Manafort during and after his criminal convictions, and refused to rule out a pardon for his former campaign chairman.
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TRUMP ACTIONS TOWARD MICHAEL COHEN
Mueller noted that Trumpâs conduct toward Cohen, a former Trump Organization executive, changed from praise to castigation after Cohen began cooperating with prosecutors. The evidence could âsupport an inference that the president used inducements in the form of positive messages in an effort to get Cohen not to cooperate, and then turned to attacks and intimidation to deterâ cooperation and undermine Cohenâs credibility, Mueller wrote.
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