So, Rudy Giuliani told Fox News and CNN that Robert Mueller said his office will, per Fox News, "abide by DOJ guidelines" that assert a sitting president cannot be indicted. This is not surprising; it is mainly notable if Mueller told Giuliani so.
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As to what exactly Mueller told Giuliani, who knows — and I've explained why I think it most likely it would have been discussed.
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None of this, note, has anything to do with the focus, findings, or direction of Mueller's investigation. This solely has to do with what they believe they can do with the conclusion of that investigation. For the president, it's a report to Congress.
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OK. That's all I've got on this. I get that lots of you just want to say that Rudy's lying. My point is: It's so obviously where Mueller was likely to end up that it's believable. If I talk to Giuliani, I'll ask him more — but Mueller's office isn't talking.
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#lawdork note to append to this thread: I am not, by this, stating my view on whether I think DOJ’s longstanding position is legally correct—I think the questions raised are fair—but rather stating that it would surprise me to see Mueller be the the one to try to change it.]Show this thread -
Here's the 2000 DOJ Office of Legal Counsel memo on the topic: https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/olc/opinions/2000/10/31/op-olc-v024-p0222_0.pdf …pic.twitter.com/D1ODb5eCcq
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The opinion was written by Randolph Moss, a former clerk to Justice Stevens who was nominated to a federal judgeship by Obama: He's now Judge Moss and he sits on the District Court in DC.pic.twitter.com/gJeCDqJCqe
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If Mueller isn’t going after Trump that’s actually very *bad* news for everyone in Trump’s orbit. If the endgame isn’t Trump, it’s everyone else

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No. That's not at all what it means. Determining that they will abide by DOJ's past determinations that a sitting president can't be indicted means only that. It says nothing about the scope or aims of the investigation.
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Of course you’re right. But I need this Chris. Let me have it.
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Clearly the DOJ didn’t think a sitting president would be charged with treason!
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So, essentially, there’s nothing Mueller will do that will lead to the impeachment of this president?
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I doubt that it'd be meaningfully better for Trump to be an unindicted co-conspirator for several campaign / trump co-conspirators, if the latter were convicted.
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Can you plead the 5th if you can't be indicted as a sitting president? (I would certainly assume so?)
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It would have been extremely surprising if Mueller hadn't reached this conclusion.
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