re: Mueller: Trump is still under investigation but not a criminal target

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*Mueller does not believe he can legally indict Trump. Therefore, Obstruction will be dealt with via a report to Congress who can then decide whether to bring charges and begin impeachment.

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*Mueller does not believe he can legally indict Trump.

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I really don’t have time to argue with an idiot but I’ll give you five minutes,

It’s under his constitutionallly vested power and authority to direct the department of justice as head of the executive branch, he can fire who he wants to fire and direct them to investigate what he wants them to investigate. Obstruction for firing Comey? A liar and a leaker who was committing crimes?

Wha5 don’t you understand?

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In private negotiations in early March about a possible presidential interview, Mueller described Trump as a subject of his investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.

Mueller’s description of the president’s status has sparked friction within Trump’s inner circle as his advisers have debated his legal standing. The president and some of his allies seized on the special counsel’s words as an assurance that Trump’s risk of criminal jeopardy is low. Other advisers, however, noted that subjects of investigations can easily become indicted targets — and expressed concern that the special prosecutor was baiting Trump into an interview that could put the president in legal peril.

The president has privately expressed relief at the description of his legal status, which has increased his determination to agree to a special counsel interview, the people said. He has repeatedly told allies that he is not a target of the probe and believes an interview will help him put the matter behind him, friends said.

However, legal experts said Mueller’s description of Trump as a subject of a grand jury probe does not mean he is in the clear.

Under Justice Department guidelines, a subject of an investigation is a person whose conduct falls within the scope of a grand jury’s investigation. A target is a person for which there is substantial evidence linking him or her to a crime.

A subject could become a target with his or her own testimony, legal experts warn.

“Mueller hasn’t hesitated to [charge] people for lying on some pretty tangential stuff,” said Solomon Wisenberg, a former deputy independent counsel in the probe of President Bill Clinton.

Wisenberg, who interviewed Clinton about allegations that he obstructed justice, said Trump has handled himself well in previous depositions but should be cautious.

“I think he would do much better than people think,” Wisenberg said. “But there are plenty of instances where a guy walks into a grand jury a subject. He gets out and is told: ‘Guess what, you’re a target now.’?”

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Bench McElroy

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This is an unfair post. It is not hackish to point out the significance of calling trump a subject rather than a target.

You are calling anyone who doesn't agree with you as lacking "intellectual curiosity". That is just so unfair.

You get upset when anyone tries to even remotely defend trump on anything. That is hypocritical.

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