Wow, okay. I didn't realize the job of a prosecutor was to exonerate the person they were investigating. I thought the job of a prosecutor was to investigate, obtain evidence, and based on that evidence decide whether to move forward with legal proceedings and charge the person with a crime or not. When did we change the role of a prosecutor to guilty until proven exonerated? Seriously, when did that happen? The role of Robert Mueller was of a prosecutor. Am I wrong here? No, I'm not. I looked it up. At the end of the day, he was supposed to make a decision; either bring charges or drop the matter. Evan, I respect you, I do, but I do not agree with your analysis on this matter at all. Not at all. If you think Barr acted outside his purview and is Trump's wingman then you have every right to your opinion. But frankly, I believe Mueller is the one acting outside his purview here and here is why I believe so:
Since he said his hands were tied by the OLC's opinion and was restricted from making a decision about obstruction, then why was he wasting time investigating a case he had no hope seeing through to its natural end as a prosecutor? And why was he able to make a decision about the conspiracy aspect of the case and determine there wasn't enough evidence, yet obstruction was a no-go? If he couldn't make a decision one way or the other, then what are we doing here? Preserving memory he said. Memory for what? To be charged later? Not likely. I think we all know he was collecting evidence to be used against the president outside the criminal justice system as he so stated as one of his reasons in his statement for going forward with his investigation. But that was not his job, because he works within the criminal justice system. He was to investigate criminal activity. His was a criminal investigation. Instead, as it turns out, all this time, Bob Mueller has been engaged in a political investigation on behalf of congress to give them a road map to impeachment. I mean, he gave it to them on a platter. That's the entire point of Volume II of the Mueller report. He wants impeachment. He's like... There, Congress. I've done your job for you. I'm going home now. Don't bother me. And I guess people are okay with this since they hate the target-- Trump. But I'm not okay with this. I'm not okay with this new standard of "that if we were confident someone had not committed a crime, we would have said so." If the new standard in our criminal justice system is going to now be that prosecutors say.... "I can't clear this guy so he must be guilty" then we got serious problems. We're planting the burden of innocence on the shoulders of the accused now. But it's Trump so who cares? He's probably guilty, right? He's despicable. I mean, anyone who read the impeachment road map, I mean the Mueller report would see firsthand how Trump is lacking the plastic thingy hold his six pack together. So the ends must justify the means. To some I guess they do. But the way I see things, they don't. I also find it so damn hypocritical for Mueller to say how unfair it would be to potentially accuse someone of a crime when there can be no court resolution of the charge. Yet, that is exactly what he has potentially done here. Accused without charging. Is he guilty of obstruction? Maybe. Maybe not. If you google search 'intent obstruction of justice' all things related to Trump and the Mueller report pulls up and the question..."is Trump guilty of obstruction?" with a litany of "it's complicated" answers. Because, as it turns out, it's actually pretty damn complicated. A lot of legal minds are conflicted. You, however, are one hundred percent convinced Trump is guilty of obstruction, thanks to Mueller's report. He has aired out all of Trump's dirty laundry and has given Trump no recourse to defend himself. I mean, am I the only one trying to wrap my head around this logic? If you can't charge a sitting president and you are soooo beholden to OLC's opinion then why would you do this to someone? It's literally talking out of both sides of your mouth. I understand he had to write a report, but if he truly believed what he said, this report wouldn't have been made public. But he wanted it public. Barr, made it public because if he didn't make it public people would be calling for his head even more than they are now. This is all politics. It always comes down to f'n politics. And I'm so sick of it.
I think it's safe to say we are at an impasse here, my friend, unless one of us changes our mind. And that isn't likely.
