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500+ Ex-Prosecutors: Trump Would Be Charged with Obstruction If He Weren’t President

HeadlineMay 07, 2019

A bipartisan group of over 550 former federal prosecutors have signed on to a statement saying President Trump’s actions would have resulted in obstruction of justice charges were Trump not the sitting president of the United States. The letter elaborates on actions by Trump uncovered by special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, falling under the categories of “The President’s efforts to fire Mueller and to falsify evidence about that effort; the President’s efforts to limit the scope of Mueller’s investigation to exclude his conduct; and the President’s efforts to prevent witnesses from cooperating with investigators probing him and his campaign.” Special counsel Mueller’s report did not come to any conclusions about obstruction, saying instead it could not exonerate Trump. However, Attorney General William Barr concluded in his summary of the report that there is insufficient evidence to pursue obstruction charges.

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