Nadler: ‘If Proven,’ Parts Of Mueller Report ‘Would Be Impeachable’

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) on Sunday said that “if proven,” the contents of special counsel Robert Mueller’s redacted final report are impeachable.

“Yeah I do,” think the contents of the report are impeachable, Nadler told “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd.

“If proven, some of this would be impeachable. Yes, obstruction of justice, if proven, would be impeachable.”

He added: “We’re going to see where the facts lead us.”

Nadler noted earlier in the interview that Mueller made no criminal determination on the question of whether the President obstructed justice in part because an existing Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel memo prevents the prosecution of a sitting president.

Mueller wrote that in light of that OLC memo, “Fairness concerns counseled against potentially reaching that judgment [on obstruction of justice] when no charges can be brought.”

On the question of impeachment proceedings specifically, Nadler said Sunday “we may get to that, we may not,” but that it was his responsibility to “go where the evidence leads us.”

Watch Nadler’s full “Meet the Press” interview here.

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  1. “If proven, some of this would be impeachable. Yes, obstruction of justice, if proven, would be impeachable.”

    That’s good. I’ll take that.

  2. Nonsense. The very first thing AG Barr did on Thursday was to lay out the predicate as to why Pres. Trump did not obstruct the 'Collusion" investigation due to a ‘criminal intent’.

    “President Trump faced an unprecedented situation. As he entered into office and sought to perform his responsibilities as president, federal agents and prosecutors were scrutinizing his conduct before and after taking office, and the conduct of some of his associates.

    “At the same time, there was relentless speculation in the news media about the president’s personal culpability. Yet, as he said from the beginning, there was, in fact, no collusion.”

    Pres. Trump was trying to stop a false ‘witch hunt’ (as he saw it) that was impinging on his ability to carry out his presidential duties, ergo: no criminal intent.

  3. If it’s in the report, and Barr didn’t redact, it’s pretty much proven to me … until disproved.

    Impeach the motherfucker.

  4. “if proven”

    As if the evidence has not already proven obstruction of justice beyond a shadow of a doubt.

    Still slow-walkin’ it, eh, Jerry?

    Impeachment Now!

  5. “Obstruction of justice can be motivated by a desire to protect noncriminal personal interests, to protect against investigations where underlying criminal liability falls into a gray area, or to avoid personal embarrassment,” Mueller said. “The injury to the integrity of the justice system is the same regardless of whether a person committed an underlying wrong.”

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