AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsely claims Mueller exonerated him
5 years, 5 months ago

AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsely claims Mueller exonerated him

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump falsely claimed exoneration from Robert Mueller on Wednesday even as the former special counsel told Congress he offered no such vindication. “No,” Mueller said when asked at the hearing whether he had cleared the president of criminal wrongdoing in the investigation that looked into the 2016 Trump campaign’s relations with Russians. In his report, Mueller said his team declined to make a prosecutorial judgment on whether to charge Trump, partly because of a Justice Department legal opinion that said sitting presidents shouldn’t be indicted. Biden spoke after being briefed on the hearings and prefaced his remark with a request to “correct me if I’m wrong.” ___ TRUMP, on why Mueller did not recommend charges: “He made his decision based on the facts, not based on some rule.” — remarks to reporters after the hearings.

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