Time. We welcome everybody to todays hearing and lessons from the Mueller Report 3. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. The title of todays hearing is lessons from the Mueller Report part 3, constitutional processes for addressing president ial misconduct. As many of you may already know, the subtitle is taken directly from volume 2 of the Mueller Report where he describes why he did not reach a prosecutorial judgment regarding trumps conduct. There the special counsel explained as an attorney operating within the department of justice, is he bound by Department Policy including an office of Legal Counsel opinion that asserts that a president is immune from prosecution while in office. The special council recognized that a federal criminal accusation against a sitting president would place burdens undue burden or burdens on president s capacity to governor. The report acknowledged such an accusation cog spgs disrupt constitutional processes for addressing president ia
Time. We welcome everybody to todays hearing and lessons from the Mueller Report 3. I will now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. The title of todays hearing is lessons from the Mueller Report part 3, constitutional processes for addressing president ial misconduct. As many of you may already know, the subtitle is taken directly from volume 2 of the Mueller Report where he describes why he did not reach a prosecutorial judgment regarding trumps conduct. There the special counsel explained as an attorney operating within the department of justice, is he bound by Department Policy including an office of Legal Counsel opinion that asserts that a president is immune from prosecution while in office. The special council recognized that a federal criminal accusation against a sitting president would place burdens undue burden or burdens on president s capacity to governor. The report acknowledged such an accusation cog spgs disrupt constitutional processes for addressing president ia
Illinois for illinois governor Bruce Rauners third state of the state address joining at the General Assembly at the state capital. Today i rise to open for taking a moment for officer from the blooming dadale Police Department who passed away on january 19th just 27 years old this officer had only been on the Department Less than a year, had already received a lifesaving award and was labelled as a shining star. This man took the solemn oath of protecting our communities and saving lives today hes being laid to rest and i would ask that we keep his family and all of our Law Enforcement community in our thoughts and prayers, for they do a nearly impossible job. And unpoapologetically to his family, thank you for sharing him, please remember that that man touched many lives in a short period as an officer. Changed many lives. We very a very difficult job, and i would hope that this body could understand we dont do it for thanks, we dont do it for any type of gratitude, we do it because
Editor s note: This story, produced in partnership with Southern Illinois University journalism students, was supported by grant funding from the Pulitzer Center.
This story, produced in partnership with Southern Illinois University journalism students, was supported by grant funding from the Pulitzer Center. Pink and