Mueller said Wednesday that his office did not make a determination 'one way or the other' about whether Trump committed a crime because charging him wouldn't be an option.
, quoted a section of the opinion that said that charging a sitting president would undermine the executive branch's ability"to perform its constitutionally assigned functions." In his remarks Wednesday, he noted that the special counsel's office, as part of the Justice Department, was bound by that opinion.
"The special counsel's office is part of the Department of Justice and, by regulation, it was bound by that Department policy," Mueller said."Charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider." Mueller ultimately presented evidence on both sides of the obstruction issue in his report, while noting there was"substantial evidence" Trump had engaged in potentially obstructive acts. Barr, in consultation with other Justice Department officials, reviewed the information Mueller's office had compiled andMueller did appear to contradict Barr on one point.
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