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I was thinking the same thing. The prosecutor has the burden of proof and has to provide sufficient evidence for proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Absent that evidence, the defendant is presumed innocent.....that (Tr*mp) did not commit a crime, we would have said so...."
This is an amazing statement from a prosecutor, imo. How can you possibly have "evidence" of a non-event?
Mueller for President 2020--the best hope for the Dims.
Thanks for correcting the quote. I really thought he said "evidence" instead of "confidence". Still, it was a very odd way to say they didn't recommend criminal charges.what the big Mule actually said:
"If we had had confidence that the President clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so,We did not, however, make a determination as to whether the President did commit a crime."
LOL, so what did what did you do, Muley? This may just make Nancy's dilemma a lot worse - see, her crazy base wants her to impeach Trump but she knows doing that will just kill her party. I think Mule was pressured by the Schiff/Nader wing to give this worthless press conference so she'd have to start the impeachment proceedings since now Mule claims he couldn't indict a sitting POTUS but . . . PLEASE IMPEACH!!!
And Mule probably wants Trump impeached because that would stop, at least temporarily, Barrr's declassification, because there'd be an ongoing investigation. THAT would greatly help "some" members of Congress and Mule's stupid best friend but that would be a huge sacrifice from Pelosi's perspective - no more Speaker and they'd never win in the end. She should resist that.
Rest assured that the Mueller Witch Hunt extended far outside the investigations boundaries into other galaxies (at the tax payers expense) looking for dirt, garbage, smut, whatever to sling at President Trump for impeachment material which Nancy knows and to which she (or someone higher) may have even given the acquisition command.
She therefore knows there is NOTHING, and NOWHERE left to look except perhaps the tax expose fiasco.
But in all probability she also knows there is nothing there either because the IRS upper crust is as corrupt as the FBI aristocracy and therefor there is little doubt IMO that she (or someone higher) probably made a secret midnight order of his tax returns for his entire life as a taxpayer which were thoroughly searched and analyzed looking for something, anything. But NOTHING.
However there is some political currency for her in accusing him of "hiding something" just because he won't allow them to be seized against the constitution's protection of private documents and papers.
Hey - she has already falsely accused him of a cover up.
But who knows? She just might cave to the marxist progressives.
The proverbial 800 lb gorilla in the room is that there is NO BASIS for impeachment, no high crime or misdemeanor worthy of impeachment.I think that Pelosi has to allow the House to impeach or she herself will be accused of a cover-up and lose her job to AOC or even Maxine Waters. Mueller clearly accused Trump of a crime but said that he could not prove it. The Democrats have to impeach.
"If we had had confidence that the President clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so,We did not, however, make a determination as to whether the President did commit a crime."
Don't forget he's a Republican. A NeverTrump Republican.Mueller for President 2020--the best hope for the Dims.
The proverbial 800 lb gorilla in the room is that there is NO BASIS for impeachment, no high crime or misdemeanor worthy of impeachment.
Also a cover up won't work either unless it is actually covering SOMETHING up.
The marxist don't care and would not be ashamed to say we will impeach him simply because "he doesn't deserve to be president" but Nancy and the establishmentarians do care because they know the general public wouldn't stand for an impeachment without at least something tantamount to the infamous "soiled dress".
Then there is the Senate.
Don't forget he's a Republican. A NeverTrump Republican.
They cannot do that. You cannot prosecute as sitting president. Now the congress can start an investigation (probably using much of the Muller report) and then make a determination to impeach or not impeach. Even then they cannot prosecute until he is removed from office. Congress can transfer the found information to the State in which the crime was committed... in that case New York State.Thanks for correcting the quote. I really thought he said "evidence" instead of "confidence". Still, it was a very odd way to say they didn't recommend criminal charges.
On this general subject, I have heard some people express the idea that the DOJ finding was brought about to cover for Trump. From what I could find, it goes back much further. Two key dates in the following link are 1973 (Nixon) and 2000 (Clinton).They cannot do that. You cannot prosecute as sitting president...
The indictment or criminal prosecution of a sitting President would unconstitutionally undermine the capacity of the executive branch to perform its constitutionally assigned functions.
Nothing stopped him from saying he believed crimes had been committed by the Pr*sident.They cannot do that. You cannot prosecute as sitting president. Now the congress can start an investigation (probably using much of the Muller report) and then make a determination to impeach or not impeach. Even then they cannot prosecute until he is removed from office. Congress can transfer the found information to the State in which the crime was committed... in that case New York State.
Nothing stopped him from saying he believed crimes had been committed by the Pr*sident.
Trump is being treated as guilty until proven innocent.....that (Tr*mp) did not commit a crime, we would have said so...."
This is an amazing statement from a prosecutor, imo. How can you possibly have "evidence" of a non-event?
Right, commies OK, Trump No.No, Hank, Mule himself said in that joke of a press conference that the Russian trolls deserved the presumption of innocence, railroading was just for Trump.