ALL HAIL PRESIDENT TRUMP

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We are former federal prosecutors. We served under both Republican and Democratic administrations at different levels of the federal system: as line attorneys, supervisors, special prosecutors, United States Attorneys, and senior officials at the Department of Justice. The offices in which we served were small, medium, and large; urban, suburban, and rural; and located in all parts of our country.

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Each of us believes that the conduct of President Trump described in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report would, in the case of any other person not covered by the Office of Legal Counsel policy against indicting a sitting President, result in multiple felony charges for obstruction of justice.

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We emphasize that these are not matters of close professional judgment. Of course, there are potential defenses or arguments that could be raised in response to an indictment of the nature we describe here. In our system, every accused person is presumed innocent and it is always the government’s burden to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. But, to look at these facts and say that a prosecutor could not probably sustain a conviction for obstruction of justice — the standard set out in Principles of Federal Prosecution — runs counter to logic and our experience.

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rojimboo wrote:

Do you think it's weird that one of your highest justice officials, the Attorney General, is going to be held for contempt for refusing to hand over the Mueller report?

I do.

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rojimboo wrote:

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pneuma wrote:

Oh no, Mueller is going to stand up and testify to exactly what he already told everybody in his 400-page, 2-year long report. The same report that he admits Barr summarized without factual error and is freely available to anyone to read.

Nobody except Barr has seen the unredacted report, to my knowledge. Maybe Barr's assistant. And his dog.

Plus the Mueller team.

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rojimboo wrote:

Do you think it's weird that one of your highest justice officials, the Attorney General, is going to be held for contempt for refusing to hand over the Mueller report?

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We are former federal prosecutors. We served under both Republican and Democratic administrations at different levels of the federal system: as line attorneys, supervisors, special prosecutors, United States Attorneys, and senior officials at the Department of Justice. The offices in which we served were small, medium, and large; urban, suburban, and rural; and located in all parts of our country.

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Each of us believes that the conduct of President Trump described in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report would, in the case of any other person not covered by the Office of Legal Counsel policy against indicting a sitting President, result in multiple felony charges for obstruction of justice.

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We emphasize that these are not matters of close professional judgment. Of course, there are potential defenses or arguments that could be raised in response to an indictment of the nature we describe here. In our system, every accused person is presumed innocent and it is always the government’s burden to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. But, to look at these facts and say that a prosecutor could not probably sustain a conviction for obstruction of justice — the standard set out in Principles of Federal Prosecution — runs counter to logic and our experience.

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Turtledove wrote:

We are former federal prosecutors.

Each of us believes that the conduct of President Trump described in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report would, in the case of any other person not covered by the Office of Legal Counsel policy against indicting a sitting President, result in multiple felony charges for obstruction of justice.

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DalaiLama wrote:

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Turtledove wrote:

We are former federal prosecutors.

Each of us believes that the conduct of President Trump described in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report would, in the case of any other person not covered by the Office of Legal Counsel policy against indicting a sitting President, result in multiple felony charges for obstruction of justice.

So, these former federal prosecutors haven't seen the evidence, yet they assume it would result in an indictment. I, for one, am glad they are not current federal prosecutors.