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Mueller breaks his silence (full statement) Two years ago, the Acting Attorney General asked me to serve as Special Counsel, and he created the Special Counsel's Office. The appointment order directed the office to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. This included investigating any links or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the Trump campaign. I have not spoken publicly during our investigation. I am speaking today because our investigation is complete. The Attorney General has made the report on our investigation largely public. And we are formally closing the Special Counsel's Office. As well, I am resigning from the Department of Justice and returning to private life. I'll make a few remarks about the results of our work. But beyond these few remarks, it is important that the office's written work speak for itself. Let me begin where the appointment order begins: and that is interference in the 2016 presidential election. As alleged by the grand jury in an indictment, Russian intelligence officers who were part of the Russian military launched a concerted attack on our political system. The indictment alleges that they used sophisticated cyber techniques to hack into computers and networks used by the Clinton campaign. They stole private information, and then released that information through fake online identities and through the organization WikiLeaks. The releases were designed and timed to interfere with our election and to damage a presidential candidate. And at the same time, as the grand jury alleged in a separate indictment, a private Russian entity engaged in a social media operation where Russian citizens posed as Americans in order to interfere in the election. These indictments contain allegations. And we are not commenting on the guilt or innocence of any specific defendant. Every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court. The indictments allege, and the other activities in our report describe, efforts to interfere in our political system. They needed to be investigated and understood. That is among the reasons why the Department of Justice established our office. That is also a reason we investigated efforts to obstruct the investigation. The matters we investigated were of paramount importance. It was critical for us to obtain full and accurate information from every person we questioned. When a subject of an investigation obstructs that investigation or lies to investigators, it strikes at the core of the government's effort to find the truth and hold wrongdoers accountable. Let me say a word about the report. The report has two parts addressing the two main issues we were asked to investigate. The first volume of the report details numerous efforts emanating from Russia to influence the election. This volume includes a discussion of the Trump campaign's response to this activity, as well as our conclusion that there was insufficient evidence to charge a broader conspiracy. And in the second volume, the report describes the results and analysis of our obstruction of justice investigation involving the President. The order appointing me Special Counsel authorized us to investigate actions that could obstruct the investigation. We conducted that investigation and we kept the office of the Acting Attorney General apprised of the progress of our work. As set forth in our report, after that investigation, if we had confidence that the President clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said that. We did not, however, make a determination as to whether the President did commit a crime. The introduction to volume two of our report explains that decision. It explains that under long-standing Department policy, a President cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office. That is unconstitutional. Even if the charge is kept under seal and hidden from public view—that too is prohibited. The Special Counsel's Office is part of the Department of Justice and, by regulation, it was bound by that Department policy. Charging the President with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. The Department's written opinion explaining the policy against charging a President makes several important points that further informed our handling of the obstruction investigation. Those points are summarized in our report. And I will describe two of them: First, the opinion explicitly permits the investigation of a sitting President because it is important to preserve evidence while memories are fresh and documents are available. Among other things, that evidence could be used if there were co-conspirators who could now be charged. And second, the opinion says that the Constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting President of wrongdoing. And beyond Department policy, we were guided by principles of fairness. It would be unfair to potentially accuse somebody of a crime when there can be no court resolution of an actual charge. So that was the Justice Department policy and those were the principles under which we operated. From them we concluded that we would not reach a determination -- one way or the other -- about whether the President committed a crime. That is the office's final position and we will not comment on any other conclusions or hypotheticals about the President. We conducted an independent criminal investigation and reported the results to the Attorney General—as required by Department regulations. The Attorney General then concluded that it was appropriate to provide our report to Congress and the American people. At one point in time I requested that certain portions of the report be released. The Attorney General preferred to make the entire report public all at once. We appreciate that the Attorney General made the report largely public. I do not question the Attorney General's good faith in that decision. I hope and expect this to be the only time that I will speak about this matter. I am making that decision myself—no one has told me whether I can or should testify or speak further about this matter. There has been discussion about an appearance before Congress. Any testimony from this office would not go beyond our report. It contains our findings and analysis, and the reasons for the decisions we made. We chose those words carefully, and the work speaks for itself. The report is my testimony. I would not provide information beyond that which is already public in any appearance before Congress. In addition, access to our underlying work product is being decided in a process that does not involve our office. So beyond what I have said here today and what is contained in our written work, I do not believe it is appropriate for me to speak further about the investigation or to comment on the actions of the Justice Department or Congress. It is for that reason that I will not take questions here today. Before I step away, I want to thank the attorneys, the FBI agents, the analysts, and the professional staff who helped us conduct this investigation in a fair and independent manner. These individuals, who spent nearly two years with the Special Counsel's Office, were of the highest integrity. I will close by reiterating the central allegation of our indictments—that there were multiple, systematic efforts to interfere in our election. That allegation deserves the attention of every American. Thank you. Honesty is the best policy. |
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Please notice that the sentences that I have enlarged and underlined. 1. if we had confidence that the President clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said that. (Mueller wants the Congress to decide) 2. We did not, however, make a determination as to whether the President did commit a crime. (Mueller didn't make decision whether Trump commit a crime or not) 3. A President cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office. (A sitting president, Trump, can't be indicted.) 4. The opinion explicitly permits the investigation of a sitting President because it is important to preserve evidence while memories are fresh and documents are available. (Sounded the timing is a little too late) 5. The Constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting President of wrongdoing. (Mueller's hands are tight to accuse Trump's wrongdoing because he is a sitting president) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My personal opinion is to let go Trump's investigation for his first term. But let the 2020 presidential election to speak up what American people decide who will be the person in the White House. Mueller's investigation has came to an end and he resigned as a Special Counselor, the case is over. Not too much time for Congress to investigate either. How about "Obstruction of Justice"? Trump fired former FBI director, Jim Comey before Comey started to investigate Russian involvement. Anyway, my orthodontist friend (on Chinese FriendFinder ) advised me don't talk about Politics or Religion on public blogs. There are many different opinions about these two topics. Honesty is the best policy.
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I have one vote just like all the American has. Although I was NOT born and raised in USA, but I am a legal immigrant for 39 years. The U.S. Constitution first amendment allows us to have freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of press. So, I am entitled to say my own opinions. I followed the laws and NEVER committed any misdemeanor or felony. I don't like "2nd Amendment", violence, k*llings, ... as I have mentioned repeatedly in many of my blogs. The gun ownership has been a worrisome to me before I've arrived to USA in 1980 and the situation is getting worse. The random shootings in school campus, at a theater, in San Bernadino County gay bar, Las Vegas massacre, church k*llings, ... etc. This is the World Wide Web era, not Wild, Wild West. I can't agree with NRA who made gun to have fortune. I am a Democrat, an atheist, pro Green environment, I believe "Global Warming", "Climate Change", "reusable energy", I want "peace on earth". Politically I prefer "Democracy" than "communist". In religion, I doubted the existence of God. I think we can have better world without so many different religions. However, I am NOT a communist atheist. I was not forced to be an atheist. Honesty is the best policy.
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Please notice that the sentences that I have enlarged and underlined. 1. if we had confidence that the President clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said that. (Mueller wants the Congress to decide) 2. We did not, however, make a determination as to whether the President did commit a crime. (Mueller didn't make decision whether Trump commit a crime or not) 3. A President cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office. (A sitting president, Trump, can't be indicted.) 4. The opinion explicitly permits the investigation of a sitting President because it is important to preserve evidence while memories are fresh and documents are available. (Sounded the timing is a little too late) 5. The Constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting President of wrongdoing. (Mueller's hands are tight to accuse Trump's wrongdoing because he is a sitting president) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My personal opinion is to let go Trump's investigation for his first term. But let the 2020 presidential election to speak up what American people decide who will be the person in the White House. Mueller's investigation has came to an end and he resigned as a Special Counselor, the case is over. Not too much time for Congress to investigate either. Honesty is the best policy.
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Today Special Counsel, Robert Mueller gave a public speech after 2 years silence regarding his investigation on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. I have copied down "word for word" of his speech, so that for the people were working and couldn't watch the TV can read Mueller's speech. Someone here accused me that I violated "Plagiarism". No, I didn't violated any law or committed any crime. Attorney Mueller spoke in the public and everyone can hear his speech. He intends to let everyone to know what his investigation job about. Nothing to hide. Mueller won't sue me because I copied down his speech "word for word". He is an attorney, he knows much better than me. I just want everyone on Chinese FriendFinder blogs to know what Mueller said today. Mueller will be glad that I let Chinese FriendFinder bloggers know what his statement today. Don't forget my first date after filed divorce in 2004 is an attorney who lives in UCLA campus area and he is on AFF. He may or may not read my blogs. If you are not interested in my blogs, please skip it. But my blogs contain many different topics, politics, religion, music (song), my travel logs, beautiful scenery, weekend jokes, ... and many other topics. I have many Caucasian male friends and mostly Taiwanese female friends who came to USA for long time. I email with them and discussed many topics, share pictures and so on. Mueller didn't file "patent right" for his speech today, so I can copy down his speech. I don't violate any law. This is USA we have "freedom of speech, religion and press". Melania Trump copied Michelle Obama's speech on the 2016 presidential election convention center that is "Plagiarism". Nothing happened to Melania. Honesty is the best policy.
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