Robert Mueller's eight-minute statement to the press proved that Trump's newly minted and handpicked attorney general William Barr lied under oath to Congress.
On Wednesday's Fox News Shepard Smith program, reporter Catherine Herridge highlighted the disparity between what Robert Mueller said about why he chose not to indict Trump on obstruction of justice, and what William Barr said under oath to Congress.
Herridge set up a side by side clip of both men this way.
She said, "We heard from the Special Counsel, a lot about the OLC opinion, the Office of Legal Counsel housed here at the Justice Department. It acts like an internal lawyer for the government, specifically the Attorney General and others in the Justice Department." What Mueller said today is that based on his opinion or the regulations. He would not indict a sitting president -- but this did not stop him from gathering evidence that could be used for further action."
Here's Robert Mueller clip:
"Under longstanding department policy, a president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he's 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, was bound by that department policy. Charging the president with a crime is therefore not an option we could consider," Mueller said.
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