'Fire & Fury' author: Mueller drafted indictment charging Trump with obstruction, witness tampering
Daily MailThe author of last year's biggest bombshell political bestseller claims in his new book that Special Counsel Robert Mueller drafted a three-count obstruction of justice indictment against President Donald Trump but decided not to pursue it. An author claims in a new book that Special Counsel Robert Mueller considered charging President Donald Trump with three felonies but decided against moving forward with an indictment after it was drafted Michael Wolff, the author of 'Siege,' says he has the draft indictment but Mueller's spokesman tells DailyMail.com that such documents 'do not exist' President Trump has seen no practical legal consequences from the 22-month-long Mueller probe; the special counsel cleared him of colluding with Russians to swing the 2016 election and concluded nothing about whether he obstructed justice 'Fire and Fury' has sold nearly 5 million copies. Wolff, according to The Guardian, writes that the draft indictment covers Trump's actions beginning 'on the seventh day of his administration, tracing the line of obstruction from National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s lies to the FBI about his contacts with Russian representative, to the president’s efforts to have James Comey protect Flynn, to Comey’s firing, to the president’s efforts to interfere with the special counsel’s investigation, to his attempt to cover up his son and son-in-law’s meeting with Russian governmental agents, to his moves to interfere with Deputy Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe’s testimony.' Mueller's office operated under legal guidance that stated a sitting president couldn't be indicted, so his team made no effort to determine whether Trump committed a crime; that's difficult to square with Wolff's claim that a draft indictment sat on his desk for a year Congressional Democrats have taken steps to reopen that question through a handful of aggressive investigations, which Trump is dismissing as an unfair attempt at a 'do-over.'