Holy crap! Did Mueller trick Barr into giving him permission

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30. I saw the same broadcast, and I don't think that's what Mueller stated in the report.

What he actually said is that he is precluded by DOJ policy from being able to indict/charge a "sitting POTUS*" with a crime, therefore he did not believe it was reasonable to make an accusation against said POTUS* when the accused does not have a means to be exonerated legally. He's basically saying "my hands were tied" by DOJ guidelines.

It's as if he was waving a big, flashy flag at the legislators and the DOJ telling them that this policy makes any such Special Prosecutor or Independent Prosecutor irrelevant. Why go to the trouble of undertaking such an investigation when there is no repercussion for the primary target of such an investigation? Investigations can go on indefinitely, but if at the end of the day the only people you can prosecute are the supporting players who only carried out the dirty business for the Big Cheese?

If anything, it's as if he was pointing at this DOJ guideline and saying, "if you don't like the result", change the provisions of the "guideline(s)". Basically, this provision gives any sitting POTUS immunity from prosecution regardless of party. The only recourse for Congress is to bring Articles of Impeachment forward and to remove him/her if they are able to secure a conviction from the Senate.