House Judiciary Committee hearing just finished. House Intelligence Committee hearing set to begin in a few minutes
What's the synopsis ?
No real new information. Just clarification and confirmation of the details of Mr. Mueller's report.
Representative Lieu of CA framed the obstruction of justice case that could be pursued once Trump is out of office.
Mueller clarified his conclusion, "that there was no evidence of a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russians during the 2016 election." He did this just prior to the House Intelligence hearing as in the House Judicial hearing, he answered affirmatively once or twice when asked, "I’d like to ask you the reason, again, that you did not indict Donald Trump is because of OLC [Office of Legal Counsel] opinion stating that you cannot indict a sitting president, correct?”
The reason being that the former is the correct way to address the culpability of his findings as dictated by the special counsel appointment but the latter is also correct- probably for the obstruction case - which wouldn't constitute a "necessary and appropriate" prosecution, as the indictment can't be brought while he is in office. That is my understanding. Its ongoing