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Gerald Connolly: “The only thing we know in direct quotes through the Barr summary is that Mueller said I couldn't conclude a crime had…”

On the recordApril 3, 2019
The only thing we know in direct quotes through the Barr summary is that Mueller said I couldn't conclude a crime had been committed by the president with respect to obstruction of justice, but neither could I exonerate him, unquote.

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Connolly highlights a key point from the Mueller report regarding obstruction of justice and the ambiguity of the president's legal standing.

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This report says, and he quotes from Mueller, one of the few times he does, while this report does not conclude the President committed a crime. It also does not exonerate him, to finish that sentence, from committing a crime.

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If we do, the precedent we set for future presidents is chilling.

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