Important book by Mueller top prosecutor @AWeissmann_

“They were hamstrung by Mueller’s decision not to look into Trump’s financial dealings with Russia, which might have established a source of Russian leverage over Trump.”

Mueller’s decision

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2. They had the President on obstruction.

Weissmann told his colleague. “When there is insufficient proof of a crime, in volume one, we say it. But when there is sufficient proof, with obstruction, we don’t say it. Who is going to be fooled by that? It’s so obvious.”

3. Note:

Those potential obstruction charges are still lying in wait.

When Trump leaves office, he loses immunity from criminal prosecution.

4. Mueller “trusted his friend Barr to play it straight, not realizing that Barr had gone crooked.”

(that quote is from George Packer’s description of book)

“Barr,” Weissmann writes, “had betrayed both friend and country.”

5/5.

“Where Law Ends describes numerous instances, large and small, when Mueller declined to pursue an aggressive course for fear of the reaction at the White House.”

- George Packer