Mueller's style is spare, but his message is clear

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By Dana Milbank

The Washington Post

Robert Mueller is that rare public figure who, in this age of bombast and baloney, still uses language with discipline and economy.

For two years as special counsel, he said not a word in public, and his office sprung nary a leak. Even when his purported friend Attorney General William Barr seriously mischaracterized his findings before releasing the report, Mueller kept quiet.

Finally, Mueller emerged in front of the cameras at the Justice Department on Wednesday morning to say that … well, he doesn’t wish to say anything more.

“It is important the office’s written work speak for itself,” he said, and “the report is my testimony,” and “we chose those words carefully, and the work speaks for itself.”

This linguistic caution makes it all the more noteworthy that Mueller did depart from the report’s language in one area: President Trump’s criminality. A “president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office. That is unconstitutional,” Mueller said. “Even if the charge is kept under seal and hidden from public view, that, too, is prohibited.” Charging the president with a crime, he said, “was therefore not an option.”

Unconstitutional. Prohibited. Not an option. This was stronger language than the report used, and Mueller added that under “principles of fairness,” he couldn’t charge Trump “when there can be no court resolution of the actual charge.” Under Justice Department policy, he said, “the Constitution requires a process other than the criminal-justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing.”

That process is impeachment.

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/milbank-muellers-style-is-spare-but-his-message-is-clear/

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1. Pretty clear to me that Mueller recommends immediate Impeachment.

I don't know how he could have made himself more clear without being so obvious about it that he would appear unprofessional.

He maintained his professionalism and dignity of office, while at the same time making it clear that he recommends to the US House of Reps to begin Impeachment proceedings against Trump.

IMHO, the best timing for the Impeachment process would be to time them to be on-going when the calendar reaches November, 2020. In other words, time the Impeachment process to inflict maximum political damage on Trump.