Wrong Element
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Parsing the words to create a narrative which isn't present on the surface of those words still doesn't mean what you want it to mean.
Had Mueller had evidence that Trump committed a crime, he would have SAID SO even if he couldn't indict him.
Wait a second: Mueller not saying Trump committed a crime amounts to an exoneration? Talk about "creat[ing] a narrative which isn't present on the surface of those words."
And how is it parsing words to point out that the report states, and Mueller reiterated it today, that if the evidence gathered had clearly exonerated Trump of obstruction of justice, they simply would have said so? And Mueller's own words contradict your second paragraph.
I'm not really sure what to do with people who don't understand the concept of an inference. Not saying a person is not guilty is tantamount to saying he might be guilty.
