Over 1000 prosecutors, a point not to be forgotten.
Two of many on the board.
Myth: Mueller wanted Barr to make the call on whether Trump committed obstruction.
Response: Mueller didn’t invite Barr to make a decision about prosecuting obstruction. He left it to prosecutors who could decide whether to pursue charges after Trump left office and to Congress which has impeachment power.
And Mueller’s treatment of conspiracy shows that he knew how to conclude that a crime has not been established. By declining to reach the same conclusion with regard to obstruction, he indicated that he clearly found the evidence of that crime more troubling.
Barr’s peremptory dismissal of obstruction happened with no explanation of how he was able to resolve the evidence of obstruction when Mueller could not.
More than 1,000 former federal prosecutors, including us, have signed a letter stating that the evidence establishes multiple counts of obstruction of justice. And Mueller expressed concern to Barr that the attorney general’s intervention threatened to undermine “the central purpose” for appointing a special counsel: “to assure full public confidence in the outcome of the investigations.”
Here are 5 of the most shocking names to join the hundreds of prosecutors saying Trump committed obstruction [...] 5. Jeffrey Harris Harris worked under Rudy Giuliani, who now represents Trump, when he was associate attorney general in President Ronald Reagan’s Justice Department. In his outlandish and often damaging defenses of the president, Giuliani has frequently and hypocritically railed against tactics he used as a prosecutor, even while facing off against the much more considered and reasonable Mueller. The fact that one of Giuliani’s former subordinates now publicly contests his main defense of the president only underscores the complete and shameful about-face he’s undergone since taking on Trump’s case. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=148650115