No matter how guilty of obstruction of justice Donald Trump may be, Robert Mueller did not have the authority to indict him.

His hands were by tied by Trump Justice Department policy and by the president’s handpicked attorney general bent on protecting him.

Mueller said he would have declared the president innocent of obstructing justice if he had confidence that was true — but he didn’t reach that judgment. The special counsel did not exonerate the president. Far from it.

In fact, given what he knows, Robert Mueller made a point of suggesting that Donald Trump can be impeached by Congress now, or criminally indicted the minute he leaves office.

Pat Shiplett

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  • Pat, Great stuff as always! Lake Street Church is so on it... my friend and colleague Keith Glantz's design firm did a great job on their website.
    Happy Mother's Day to May....

    Phil

    • Thanks, Phil. There are reasons to be optimistic and to be pessimistic, don't you think? From what Chris Walker tells me LSC has been a wonderful spiritual home for a lot of people.

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