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Merriam-Webster Wasted No Time After Robert Mueller Uttered the Words ‘Not Exculpated’

by Matt Naham | 11:46 am, July 24th, 2019
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/merriam-webster-wasted-no-time-after-robert-mueller-uttered-the-words-not-exculpated/

Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller said something new on Wednesday morning when testifying before the House Judiciary Committee. In particular, he said that his Russia Report did “not exculpate” President Donald Trump of obstruction of justice. Merriam-Webster–you know, the dictionary–wasted no time explaining what this meant: “to be ‘exculpated’ is to be cleared from alleged fault or guilt.”

📈To be 'exculpated' is to be cleared from alleged fault or guilt. https://t.co/OaK9foJ5yG

— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) July 24, 2019

Mueller was responding to a request from House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) to explain what he meant when he said “If we had confidence that the president did not commit a crime, we would have said so. Charging the President with a crime, therefore, was not an option we could consider.” Mueller confirmed that the report did not “totally exonerate” the president. But he also put that a different way: “The president was not exculpated for the acts that he allegedly committed.”
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