(Tony Sifert, Headline USA) The Department of Justice has finally released a March 2019 memo in which two senior DOJ lawyers argue that the Mueller Report did not provide a sufficient basis for charging then-President Donald Trump for obstructing justice, according to Politico.
“Having reviewed the Report in light of the governing legal principles, and the Principles of Federal Prosecution, we conclude that none of those instances would warrant a prosecution for obstruction of justice, without regard to the constitutional constraint on bringing such an action against a sitting president,” wrote assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel, Steven Engel, and Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Edward O’Callaghan.
The “left-leaning” Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington pursued the release of the memo for years in the hope that it would provide evidence of a DOJ coverup of misconduct by President Trump, reported Breitbart News.
The memo, however, vindicated Trump’s “legitimate frustration” at the deep state’s slow-moving and politicized inquiry into his alleged “collusion” with Russia before, during and after 2016.
“As the Report indicates, many of the President’s actions in these matters can readily be explained by his desire to have the FBI Director or others in the Administration inform the public that he was not under investigation,” Engel and O’Callaghan wrote.
“Indeed, the Report identifies substantial evidence that the FBI Director’s refusal to make such a public statement was the driving force in the President terminating him.”
According to Politico, some unnamed Democrats are hoping that Attorney General Merrick Garland will re-open the case.
“Some legal advocates have urged Attorney General Merrick Garland to revisit Barr’s decision not to charge Trump,” Politico reported.
“They note that the Justice Department has generally taken the view that former presidents could be subject to prosecution for acts committed while in office, although it has never happened.”
The timing of the release is suspicious, suggesting that the Justice Department anticipates the release of more information damaging to the interests of the deep state and its Democrat partisans.
