What is Hillary Clinton thinking as she reads the Mueller report? The rest of us non-attorneys will find the pages interesting, be proud of the special counsel, and maybe even be somewhat alarmed that the Russians have stolen so much information. Notice that Donald Trump has done so little to protect the 2020 elections even closing down a related department. The report shows the depths of Donald Trump’s corruption and that of those around him. As an attorney, Clinton grasps every nuance, every footnote. Most politicians have flaws, after all they are human. POTUS and gang appear to be more flawed than most.
Clinton appeared at the TIME magazine sponsored event celebrating the 100 most influential people, the TIME 100 Summit. One of those 100 people was Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as was Hillary Clinton. She spoke about impeachment for the first time saying “it should ‘be something undertaken:'”
‘On impeachment,
@HillaryClinton says it should “be something undertaken in a really serious, diligent way, based on evidence.”#TIME100′
Then, Clinton commented that if Trump was any other person, he “would certainly have been indicted:”
‘“I think there’s enough there that any other person who had engaged in those acts would certainly have been indicted,”
@HillaryClinton says about Donald Trump obstructing justice, citing the rule in the Justice Department “that you can’t indict a sitting president”#TIME100′
Clinton noted that the president would have been indicted for obstruction of justice. Unfortunately, the Justice Department procedures state that a president cannot be indicted. Of course, the attorney general had the ability to alter that procedure. Secretary Clinton said:
‘I think there’s enough there that any other person who had engaged in those acts would certainly have been indicted. The rule in the Justice Department that you can’t indict a sitting president. The whole matter of obstruction was very directly sent to the Congress. And if you read that part of the report, it could not be clearer.’
Mueller wrote in his report:
‘With respect to whether the President can be found to have obstructed justice by exercising his powers under Article II of the Constitution, we concluded that Congress has the authority to prohibit a President’s corrupt use of his authority in order to protect the integrity of the administration of justice.’
The Twitter responses were quite different. Check out some of the more unusual ones below and see what you think:
