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.
by Philip Ewing
May 30, 2019
2 minutes
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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