Opinion: What Barr’s letter about the Mueller report says and doesn’t say
Attorney General William P. Barr leaves his home in McLean, Va., on March 24. By Jennifer Rubin Jennifer Rubin Opinion writer covering politics and policy, foreign and domestic Email Bio Follow Opinion writer March 24 at 4:57 PM Attorney General William P. Barr released his letter setting forth the principal conclusions relating to the Russia probe conducted by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.It does not say whether Mueller found a preponderance of evidence of crimes.
The report does not say whether Trump and his associates welcomed the help of a foreign hostile power.The demand for the complete report is overwhelming. Only the report can answer questions such as: However, in a major respect, Barr’s action in declaring no crime of obstruction is inexplicable. Because it is the Justice Department’s position that Trump cannot be indicted as a sitting president, there is no requirement — indeed, it is inappropriate — for Barr to weigh in. The job is up to Congress, according to Barr’s own department guidelines.
We are, as I suggested, at the end of the beginning. But the investigation into the president is nowhere near completion.
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