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DOJ releases memo justifying not prosecuting Trump on obstruction charges
On Friday, judges in the DC Circuit Court ordered that the memo be released in its entirety, and on Wednesday, it was.
Jarryd Jaeger
Vancouver, BC
August 24, 2022 10:13 PM
The memo is nine pages long, and outlines the findings of Assistant Attorney General Steven Engel and Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Edward O'Callaghan regarding whether the Mueller Report had sufficiently proven that Trump had obstructed justice in the 2016 election.
The pair wrote that the evidence in the report was not "sufficient to support a conclusion beyond a reasonable doubt that the President violated the obstruction-of-justice statutes," nor that he "sought to conceal evidence of criminal conduct" or "provide false evidence to investigators."
They added that the Mueller report, which meticulously detailed ten "possible instances" of obstruction "identifies no actions that ... constituted obstructive acts, done with a nexus to a pending proceeding, with the corrupt intent necessary to warrant prosecution under obstruction-of-justice statutes."
Instead, Engel and O'Callaghan suggested that Trump's actions "amounted to attempts to modify the process under which the Special Counsel investigation progressed, rather than efforts to impair or intentionally alter evidence ... that would negatively impact the special counsel's ability to obtain and develop evidence."
More here: https://thepostmillennial.com/doj-r...ump-on-obstruction-charges?utm_campaign=64487
Remember this memo was heavily redacted until now.
On Friday, judges in the DC Circuit Court ordered that the memo be released in its entirety, and on Wednesday, it was.
Jarryd Jaeger
Vancouver, BC
August 24, 2022 10:13 PM
The memo is nine pages long, and outlines the findings of Assistant Attorney General Steven Engel and Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Edward O'Callaghan regarding whether the Mueller Report had sufficiently proven that Trump had obstructed justice in the 2016 election.
The pair wrote that the evidence in the report was not "sufficient to support a conclusion beyond a reasonable doubt that the President violated the obstruction-of-justice statutes," nor that he "sought to conceal evidence of criminal conduct" or "provide false evidence to investigators."
They added that the Mueller report, which meticulously detailed ten "possible instances" of obstruction "identifies no actions that ... constituted obstructive acts, done with a nexus to a pending proceeding, with the corrupt intent necessary to warrant prosecution under obstruction-of-justice statutes."
Instead, Engel and O'Callaghan suggested that Trump's actions "amounted to attempts to modify the process under which the Special Counsel investigation progressed, rather than efforts to impair or intentionally alter evidence ... that would negatively impact the special counsel's ability to obtain and develop evidence."
More here: https://thepostmillennial.com/doj-r...ump-on-obstruction-charges?utm_campaign=64487
Remember this memo was heavily redacted until now.
