Mueller lays out obstruction evidence against Trump

[lindysalsagal]

Last edited Thu Apr 18, 2019, 07:06 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: WAPO

By Washington Post Staff April 18 at 4:48 PM
President Trump, upon first learning of the appointment of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, cursed and declared, “this is the end of my presidency,” according to the redacted 400-page report by Mueller released Thursday by the Justice Department.

The detailed document depicts a Trump campaign that expected to “benefit electorally” from information stolen and released by Russia and a president who subsequently engaged in several alarming actions, including seeking the ouster of former officials and ordering a memo that would clear his name.

A team of Post reporters is reading the Mueller report. This page will update frequently with their findings.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mueller-report-russia-investigation-findings/2019/04/18/b07f4310-56f9-11e9-814f-e2f46684196e_story.html?utm_term=.b35e547b99d2

[lindysalsagal]

1. Updates:

Mueller's key findings
● Mueller rejects the argument that the president is shielded from obstruction laws.

● Trump, when told of appointment of special counsel Mueller, said: “This is the end of my presidency.”

● “Substantial evidence” supports Comey over Trump in account of Flynn meeting.

● Trump campaign attempted to obtain Hillary Clinton’s private emails.

● Campaign expected to benefit from stolen information released by the Russians.

● Mueller probe spawned 14 other investigations, including two unidentified cases that remain ongoing.

● Putin stepped up outreach to Trump after election.

● Special counsel team concluded Trump intended to obstruct probe in tweeting support for Manafort.

● Mueller appears to kick obstruction question to Congress.

[riversedge]

6. We have a Pres who believes he is above the law. Lets hope the House Dems sickem!!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. K&R

[lindysalsagal]

3. New update: Congress wants the unredacted report.

"7:30 p.m.: Barr’s offer to view mostly unredacted report a ‘non-starter’ for congressional Democrats

Attorney General William P. Barr’s promise to let leaders of congressional committees and one staffer each review a largely unredacted copy of the Mueller report is a “non-starter,” according to congressional investigators and Democratic committee chairmen.

The committee chairs are insisting on seeing “the full report and the underlying evidence, including grand jury material.”

Barr did not promise lawmakers access to grand jury material, despite Democrats’ frequent pleas that he seek a court order to release it to them. Grand jury material is one of four categories of information redacted from the report. Investigators also complained that allowing only one staffer per member to view additional information “would hamper the ability of committees and the House generally to address questions that arise from it.”

The details in Mueller’s report have raised fresh concerns among committee investigators that witnesses including Blackwater founder Erik Prince and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner might not have been fully forthcoming in testimony before congressional panels. According to investigators, many of the revelations about contacts the Russian government sought to make with Trump’s team — such as Russian banker Kirill Dmitriev’s collaboration with a business associate of Kushner’s to get a plan for U.S.-Russian reconciliation to the transition team — were new to the Hill and will direct new lines of inquiry."

IMHO: I'm wondering if the verb "review" implies they can't keep a copy: Only look at it, and so this is hampering the ability to perform oversight. It seems to me the congress could just tell justice to hand it over....

[Bayard]

4. Congress!

Do your thing! I hope they are not saying that now they have to wait for the unredacted version of the report to act.

There is plenty of information to begin impeachment proceedings. It can no longer be, "off the table".

You cannot allow this bulldozer to continue its path of destruction. JUST DO IT!!

[ancianita]

5. It's through official impeachment proceedings that the House WILL get the totality of the report.