it s an issue that had never really been seriously considered and decided one way or the other. before the justice department was confronted with it urgently during the nixon administration. thanks to this sort of odd a series of things happening all at once in the early 70s, the vice president spiro ag new going to prison, the president, richard nixon, being removed by office against his will by impeachment. thanks to those things coming together all at once in a big felonious mess because the american people in our infinite wisdom that it be a good idea to elect guys that cry me to the white house twice, thanks to that mess around nixon and add new the justice department in the early 70s bumbled our way into putting down, on paper, that it was policy of the justice department to not ever bring criminal charges against a sitting president of the united states. and that s an important sort of, a landmark moment for the nixon years right? it s never a good sign when your presi
together, all at once in a big felonious mess because the american people in our infinite wisdom thought it would be a good idea to elect guys that crime-y to the white house twice, thanks to that mess around nixon and agnew, the justice department in the early 70s had bumbled their way into putting down on paper that it was the policy of the justice department to not ever bring criminal charges against a sitting president of the unite and that s like an important landmark moment fort nixon years, it s never a good sign that your presidency is so crime-y and forces a look at the rules whether you can a be president from in a prison cell. even i though that landmark was reached in theen nixon years, a they clarified mess on paper because of m nixon and agnew, t rule, the nuts and bolts of it never got tested at that time, never got tested by the events that surrounded the eventual downfall of nixon and agney, nixon resigned as president before beinged forced out and never cri
it s over. the justice department look at all the evidence mueller turned up, and the justice department says, in its professional estimation trump should not be charged. barr made explicit even if there wasn t this rollout as you can t charge the sitting president, regardless of that just based on the evidence, trump still wouldn t face charges for anything here. that s how bill barr broke the neck of the mueller investigation in 2019. that s why even after trump left office, and he was just an ex president, and therefore no longer protected by the justice department policy that says you can t charge a sitting president, that s why there was no clamor to charge him then with any of the gasoline and stances of alleged obstruction of justice that were described in great detail in mueller s report. it s because barr said, he signed his name to it, he said we looked at everything here, regardless of that rule less as you can t charge him, trump, definitely, committed no crimes. he should
that says no charges can be brought against a president. but regardless of that, trump shouldn t face any charges because my william barr review of the evidence in this report indicates thatre trump committe no crimes. barr tells the congress, tells the public, i can tell, i checked it out, i looked at the evidence, i say as attorney general and theev justice department backs me up on, this this the professional view of the u.s. justice department, trump did no crimes. and that s how the mueller report thing ended, right? it s over. thet? justice department lookedt all of the evidence that mueller turned up and the justice department said in its professional estimation trump should not beof charged. and barr made it explicit. even if there wasn t this rule, because you can t charge a sitting president, regardless of that, just based on the evidence, trump still wouldn t face charges for anything. that s how bill barr broke the neck of the mueller investigation in 2019. that s why even