Sanders may sound revolutionary from an American perspective but he's mostly advocating for things that most of the West is already doing. — Judaka
The problem is the way he is advocating for it doesn't appear to be as balanced or as sensible as what the other countries did — Judaka
It's worth noting that the Mueller enquiry has already resulted in people being sentenced to jail, including Trump's lawyer and campaign manager, and that Cohen is going to jail for lying to Congress to protect Trump ('Individual 1'). — Wayfarer
The president's son, Donald Trump Jr, had direct contact with Wikileaks during the presidential campaign period, the report said.
Wikileaks sent Mr Trump Jr a password to access the website ‘putintrump.org’ and told campaign staff he successfully used the password.
Wikileaks asked Mr Trump Jr to tweet a link to Clinton staffer John Podesta's emails, and four days layer he tweeted the link.
The report determined there was a "reasonable argument" that Mr Trump Jr violated campaign finance laws, but special counsel did not believe they could obtain a conviction.
The Trump Tower meeting for acquiring ‘dirt on Hillary’ occurred and was subsequently lied about. — Wayfarer
Taking into account the high burden to establish a culpable mental state in a campaign-finance prosecution and the difficulty in establishing the required valuation, the Office decided not to pursue criminal campaign-finance charges against Trump Jr. or other campaign officials for the events culminating in the June 9 meeting.
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The Office ultimately concluded that, even if the principal legal questions were resolved favorably to the government, a prosecution would encounter difficulties proving that Campaign officials or individuals connected to the Campaign willfully violated the law.
So they broke the law but they can't be prosecuted because it can't be proved that they knew they were breaking the law? — Michael
Because we determined not to make a traditional prosecutorial judgment, we did not draw ultimate conclusions about the President’s conduct. The evidence we obtained about the President’s actions and intent presents difficult issues that would need to be resolved if we were making a traditional prosecutorial judgment. At the same time, if we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state. Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, we are unable to reach that judgment. Accordingly while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him. — Mueller Report
The conclusion that Congress may apply the obstruction laws to the President’s corrupt exercise of the powers of office accords with our constitutional system of checks and balances and the principle that no person is above the law.
This sentence is, put simply, an impeachment referral to Congress. If Congress ignores it, it will have failed the special counsel and the American people. Mueller’s report is overflowing with proof of Trump’s criminality, including new information that confirms Trump’s efforts to hobble the investigation and tamper with witnesses. The president obstructed justice. And thanks to the restraints imposed on Mueller’s power, only Congress has the authority to redress this illegality by removing Trump from office. At this point, anything less than articles of impeachment would be an insufficient response to Mueller’s incriminating report.
The Office ultimately concluded that, even if the principal legal questions were resolved favorably to the government , a prosecution would encounter difficulties proving that Campaign officials or individuals connected to the Campaign willfully violated the law.
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