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Barr: Mueller Could Have Said Whether Trump Broke The Law, Just Not Charged Him

The attorney general told CBS that the Justice Department does not forbid a special counsel to state whether a sitting president should be indicted. Robert Mueller had said that wasn't an option.

Special counsel Robert Mueller could have declared whether President Trump broke the law if Mueller had wanted — albeit still without the ability to bring any indictment, Attorney General William Barr says in a new TV interview.

Barr to air on Thursday evening and Friday morning that he believed Mueller had more latitude to state his views than the

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