Yes, for obstruction. A crime. Multiple counts.old salt wrote: ↑Wed Aug 14, 2019 3:39 pmTrump was the only one shielded from indictment. There was supposed to be a conspiracy. It takes more than one person to form a conspiracy. No co-conspirators were indicted. All the rest is chaff & white noise.But hey, that's cool, he wasn't indicted.
But then again, Mueller made clear that he couldn't indict a sitting President, but that Trump could be indicted once he left office. Went out of his way to make that point.
Mueller was referring to obstruction, after Trump leaves office.
Mueller was clear that he found lots of evidence of what we would term "collusion" but not sufficient to prove the crime of conspiracy. At least one reason, the Report and Mueller in testimony said, was that so many people lied about what they and others had done. If an explicit conspiracy occurred, no one admitted it. So, they nailed them for the lying and other crimes found.
But the Report, and Mueller in his testimony, also made clear that the Trump folks knew about and welcomed the Russian interference (while they lied about it to the American people and then to the FBI and DOJ), signaled to the Russians many times that they welcomed the interference, and then actually aligned their digital strategies with the Russians (though Mueller's team was unable to prove explicit such coordination, albeit yes the Campaign Manager provided the Russians with internal polling and strategy...such that it could be expected they'd align).
So, while they did not reach the threshold of proving 'conspiracy', it's very clear to a rational person that at a minimum the Campaign and Russia worked in parallel for the same fundamental purposes, and knew and welcomed this alignment.
Moreover, the Trump folks knew what Russia wanted in return: removal of the sanctions. And Trump signaled willingness to do so.
So...as far as you are concerned, that's all "chaff and noise" just as the Trumpists want you to see it.
But here's what the American people really do know:
The sitting President welcomed Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Lied about it again, and again and again. Still is lying.
Most don't actually think that's no BFD.
Most also know that he's welcoming it to happen again.
But this is NOT what is on most folks' minds as they consider whether to vote for Trump or whoever his opponent will be. But it WILL be a factor.
Just as the general feeling about HRC was that she was corrupt.