Arnon Grunberg

Case

Fraught

The most interesting paragraph from the NY article on the Mueller report:

"Weighing that principle against the public’s right to know is even more fraught in the president’s case. If Mr. Mueller declined to pursue criminal charges against Mr. Trump, he might have been guided not by lack of evidence, but by the Justice Department’s legal opinions that a sitting president cannot be indicted. The department’s Office of Legal Counsel has repeatedly advised that the stigma and burden of being under prosecution would damage the president’s ability to lead."

Read the article here.

More realpolitik: forget lack of evidence, just don't indict sitting presidents. And let's not forget, it's a huge part of the American people who brought us this catastrophe. A small comfort: life without catastrophe is impossible and probably also undesirable. In other words, it could have been worse.

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