Trump would have been charged with obstruction were he not president, hundreds of former federal...

[Skinner]

Source: Washington Post

...prosecutors assert.

More than 370 former federal prosecutors who worked in Republican and Democratic administrations have signed on to a statement asserting special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s findings would have produced obstruction charges against President Trump — if not for the office he held.

The statement — signed by myriad former career government employees as well as high-profile political appointees — offers a rebuttal to Attorney General William P. Barr’s determination that the evidence Mueller uncovered was “not sufficient” to establish that Trump committed a crime.

Mueller had declined to say one way or the other whether Trump should have been charged, citing a Justice Department legal opinion that sitting presidents cannot be indicted, as well as concerns about the fairness of accusing someone for whom there can be no court proceeding.


“Each of us believes that the conduct of President Trump described in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report would, in the case of any other person not covered by the Office of Legal Counsel policy against indicting a sitting President, result in multiple felony charges for obstruction of justice,” the former federal prosecutors wrote.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-would-have-been-charged-with-obstruction-were-he-not-president-hundreds-of-former-federal-prosecutors-assert/2019/05/06/e4946a1a-7006-11e9-9f06-5fc2ee80027a_story.html?utm_term=.4c8111d5038

[ScratchCat]

1. He also would have been charged with campaign violations

and fraud, but the MSM and Democrats have let that slip down the memory hole.

[LiberalLovinLug]

4. yes. Just the act of paying off Stormy Daniels a month before the last election

Would have sunk any other politician. (Especially a Democrat). A double whammy. campaign violation, but also the moral character implications.

[bigbrother05]

19. Cohen is serving time for acts directed by Individual 1

A felony directed is a felony committed

[gldstwmn]

27. Yes. Trump is an unindicted

Co conspirator and should be right there with him.

[kimbutgar]

2. So I wonder if the maggot supporters will hear this?

Or will fox say these prosecutors are probably Democrats?

[ut oh]

9. They will consider this letter

part of the 'Deep State' that is trying to undermine their new Messiah.

[NewJeffCT]

10. yes, the new one is the "coup"

against Trump

[CanonRay]

3. This is why he cannot leave office

ever. This is why you're getting hints about two extra years. He knows if the Dems get the White House he's fucked.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

20. If the Dems get the White House, Donny will fade.

Nobody is going to try to send a former president to prison. It would probably backfire in the next mid-terms.

Better to just undo all his executive orders, then focus on Democratic goals.

If the New York Attorney General goes after him and his spawn, fine.

[Lock him up.]

33. Once a new Dem President is sworn in, it's not up to him to decide.

He'll have to pack up and leave. He can not (hopefully, he won't) show up at the ceremony all he wants.

[Perseus]

5. "if not for the office he held"...So much wrong with this statement

This is the reason why the buffoon thinks of himself as King, so much said about that he cannot be touched "because of the office he holds"...that has to be the biggest stupidity the laws can contemplate, it opens the door for someone to become president to then go into a rampage of corruption like we are witnessing every day with this administration.

I cannot believe so many lawyers can come up to that conclusion which defies all laws of logic.

Its like saying "I know the president is corrupt, that he is taking the country to an abyss, that he is giving away USA secrets to Russia, that is profiting from his position, but it is OK because he is the president, we cannot hold him responsible for anything he does."

INSANE!

[Scarsdale]

7. Well, so much for

"Nobody is above the law" This fat, repulsive blob seems to be. The gop protects him to protect themselves. I spoke to a tRump supporter the other day and said "He spends millions of taxpayer dollars on his golf outings" She said "What about Obama's trips to Hawaii to golf?" I said "He did not go there every weekend." They just refuse to see the light on this turd.

[NewJeffCT]

11. Trump has golfed more in 2 years

than Obama did in 8. And, I'm sure he didn't go to Hawaii to golf every time

[KaDee]

12. Which is why

This assortation needs to be tested in SCOTUS. NO ONE is above the law & being President should NOT be a reason for not being charged/indicted.

[Scarsdale]

16. Especially when the crimes

keep piling up. Every day a new misdeed exposed. Kushner and Iwanka still have their security clearances, even though they were denied by the competent people who investigate them for these clearances. tRump is bad mouthing China, but Iwanka has how many patents awarded to her from China? That is something else that should be investigated. The tRumps are raking in the money, while draining the US Treasury for their travels, protection etc.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

26. And we don't impeach

[larwdem]

31. agree 100%

I keep saying the same thing. and get my posts removed.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

36. Now be honest:) it's gotta be more than that. I say it 10 times a day.

[jmowreader]

6. Conversely...

...the only reason he was able to be in a place to commit all those crimes in the first place is the office he holds.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. Not small potatoes Trumpy

[Stuart G]

13. k and r ,,no text.

[IronLionZion]

14. Then charge his staff!

Arrest everyone who works for him. Teflon Don shouldn't get away with this. That just encourages more of this behavior and sets a dangerous precedent.

[wryter2000]

23. I so wanted the kids indicted

DOJ guidelines don't say anything about a President's cabinet or staff. Don, Jr. and Jared should have been indicted.

[KPN]

15. K&R ... and there's a reason why someone

would obstruct. And it’s not to save taxpayers’ dollars or to avoid wasting law enforcement resources.

[2naSalit]

17. K&R

[demmiblue]

18. Now at 414 per Think Progress:

https://thinkprogress.org/400-federal-prosecutors-trump-obstruction-d84e92e1bb2e/

[dweller]

32. 459

according to WAPO now...

on edit 566...
✌🏼️

[demmiblue]

39. Now near 700:

Hundreds of additional former federal prosecutors have signed onto a statement asserting that President Trump would have been indicted for obstruction of justice were he not currently serving as president.

The open letter organized by the nonprofit group Protect Democracy had roughly 400 signatures when it was initially posted Monday afternoon on Medium. The letter neared 700 signatures as of Tuesday afternoon.

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/442537-list-of-former-federal-prosecutors-accusing-trump-of-obstruction

[Bayard]

21. I don't understand this

Not indicting a sitting president is a guideline, not the law. I also thought it was a relatively recent proclamation.

[PSPS]

22. You're right. It's not a law. But we have a history rich in rewarding/ignoring crminal presidents.

Although trump is, by far, the most criminal of any we've ever had foisted upon us.

[Pepsidog]

24. Let's see the statement by 100's of Federal Prosecutors who oppose it.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

25. Evidently nothing happens like it should unless Pelosi says ok

[JoeOtterbein]

29. Yeah, I wish you could pour all us Dems a...

....Real Strong drink about now Laura! Like one that spells out IMPEACHMENT!

Before the Trump/GOP decide to forever close the open bar of Democracy in the USA!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

37. I can't see a downside of reminding everyone in a succinct list of impeachment articles,

in a hearing everyone would watch, whether we convict him or not. At this point, it’s the only thing that could have an effect. Otherwise we will just hear him say over and over he was done an injustice as his approvals keep rising. If we don’t...we are re-electing him.

[Kid Berwyn]

28. The obstruction served to keep Putin in the clear.

These prosecutors know right from wrong and are willing to put it on paper.

Now where are the Republicans in the Senate? Implicated and just as guilty as Trump.

[JoeOtterbein]

30. Yep, and need to be investigated and/or cleared or Charged ASAP! n/t

[MySideOfTown]

34. Last I saw was over 500..

Spread this far and wide, say I.

[Jarqui]

35. Shines a bright light on Attorney Cockroach Barr .. nt

[saidsimplesimon]

38. Thank you Skinner

“Each of us believes that the conduct of President Trump described in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report would, in the case of any other person not covered by the Office of Legal Counsel policy against indicting a sitting President, result in multiple felony charges for obstruction of justice,” the former federal prosecutors wrote.