opinion, not in the justice manual and not in the principles of federal prosecution. nowhere do those words appear together because respectfully, respectfully, director, it was not the special counsel s job to conclusively determine donald trump s innocence or to exonerate him because the bedrock principle of our justice system is a presumption of innocence. it exists for everyone. everyone is entitled to it including sitting presidents. and because there is a presumption of innocence prosecutors never, ever need to conclusively determine it. now, director, the special counsel applied this inverted burden of proof that i can t find and you said doesn t exist anywhere in the department policies and you used it to write a report. and the very first line of your report, the very first line of your report says as you read this morning, it authorizes the special counsel to provide the attorney general with a
exonerate him. it s not in any of the documents, it s not in your appointment order, it s not in the special counsel regulations, it s not in the olc opinions, it s not in the justice manual and it s not in the criminal federal prosecution. those words are nowhere because it was not the special counsel s job to exclusively determine donald trump s innocence or to exonerate him because the bedrock principle of our justice system is a presumption of innocence. it exists for everyone. everyone is entitled to it, including sitting presidents. and because there is a presumption of innocence, prosecutors never, ever need to conclusively determine it. now, director, the special counsel applied this inverted burden of proof that i can t find and you said doesn t exist anywhere in the department policies, and you used it to write a report. and the very first line of your report, the very first line of your report says as you read this morning, it authorize the
regulations, not in the olc opinions and justice manuals and the nowhere do those words appear together because respectfully, director, it was not the special counsel s job to constitution klunsively determine donald trump s innocence or exonerate him. the bedrock principle of our justice system is a presumption of innocence and it exists for everyone. everyone is en titleed to it including sitting presidents. because there is a presumption of innocence prosecutors never, ever need to conclusively determine that. now, director, the special counsel applied this inverted burden of proof that i can t find and you said doesn t exist anywhere in the department policies and you used it to write a report. the very first line of your report the very first line of your report says as you read this morning authorizes the special counsel to provide the attorney general with a
the pilot light is lit, the flames are there. so today was kerosene or ice water. greg: yes. kennedy: unfortunately for democrats, pinning their hopes on this pivotal moment, it was the latter. greg: here is why. the messenger was not effective. it was like he didn t have all his facultys, he was bumbling and stumbleing and did not deliver the goods. it was clear he was not running the investigation, he was just a figure head. he testified under oath, greg, the investigation was not obstructed, yet democrats want to impeach trump for obstructing an investigation that the lead investigator said wasn t obstructed. trump is presumed innocent in this country. what the hearing established, when mueller said that i cannot exonerate you, he violated the bedrock principle of the american judicial system that
being auctioned off to trump cronies and the highest bidders and donors to the rnc. she makes an important point. the republican national committee has received a bunch of vip tickets and the democrat party has not. if there s a bedrock principle of the american military is they stay out of partisan politics. you don t see generals and admirals at political events and here the president very expli t explicitly is saying i want the chairman and the members of the joint chiefs of staff as my props as i talk about the success of my administration. these people have devoted their live, these military leaders to the service of this country regardless of who happens to be president at the time. they served under democrats and republicans and to subject them to being part of a political