and beyond that you cannot even accuse him of a crime because he doesn't have the opportunity to defend himself in a court of law

so that whole "innocent until proven guilty" talking point isn't much use imo

hence the whole reason that robert mueller explicitly stated in his report that there was never any chance that he *would* have accused the president of any crimes

but, he also made it extremely damn clear that if he could say without a doubt that no crime had been committed on the obstruction front... he would do so

and he didnt

im no sherlock holmes, but my deduction from that is that it's pretty obvious whats happening here in regards to criminal misconduct

And the burden of proof lies on the accuser

Even if Mueller cant indict the president

It does not mean Congress cant hold an impeachment and trial for him

Which they didnt

All bark and no bite

@SDKtheway really you think guilty until proven innocent is the way justice should work? for shame!

If u live in mexico

Makes sense to have that system

The only thing the Mueller report found is that some Russians (who weren’t part of the Russian gov’t) ran ads in favor of trump. No direct connect to President Trump

@J. link of trump saying they captured airportshttps://twitter.com/girlsreallyrule/status/1146973411656294400?s=09

@beyond_gravity im not sure if that was supposed to be sarcastic but im going with a yes given the exclamation point

@J. “In sum, the investigation established multiple links between Trump Campaign officials and individuals tied to the Russian government. Those links included Russia offers of assistance to the Campaign. In some instances, the Campaign was receptive to the offer, while in other instances the Campaign officials shied away,” the Mueller report said. “Ultimately, the investigation did not establish that the Campaign coordinated or conspired with the Russian government in its election-interference activities."

im not gonna sit here and say there is a conspiracy charge or anything... but when you are receptive to individuals tied to the russian government handing over campaign data....

and the thought of reporting something like that to the FBI doesn't even cross your mind...

i guess that doesn't disprove what you say... but i think it's a bit more than just some russians running ads in favor of trump

@Techpriest some would argue that what mueller did exactly was hand the ball over to congress to determine whether or not to move forward with impeachment

GG @SDKtheway, you just advanced to level 3!

yes, that hasn't happened obvs

but he is still due to testify even though i don't believe he will say anything that we don't know already

But trump is not directly linked

🆙 | **Robert De Nigro leveled up!**

Also name one Russian who was linked to the russian government that was in contact with anyone from the trump administration

Vladimir

Jerry suck my ass lol

well this won't suffice i'm sure but example A:

On April 26, 2016, Papadopoulos, a campaign foreign policy adviser, met in London with a professor he “understood to have substantial connections to Russian government officials,” according to a plea agreement that Papadopoulos reached with the Justice Department. At the meeting, the professor — later identified as Joseph Mifsud — told Papadopoulos that the Russian government had “dirt” on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the form of “thousands of emails,” the plea agreement said."

"...On April 26, 2016, Papadopoulos, a campaign foreign policy adviser, met in London with a professor he “understood to have substantial connections to Russian government officials,” according to a plea agreement that Papadopoulos reached with the Justice Department. At the meeting, the professor — later identified as Joseph Mifsud — told Papadopoulos that the Russian government had “dirt” on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the form of “thousands of emails,” the plea agreement said."

not perfect examples, but a campaign foreign policy adviser meeting with a whole lotta people who are like 1 degree separated from the russian government is somethin to me

and this ain't a quote from the report directly, but to cap it off:
"On Tuesday, when news broke that Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort had shared internal polling data with Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian business associate with ties to Russian intelligence, the through line between the campaign and the Kremlin began to look incontrovertible."

im not tryna say these things are examples of impeachable conduct, or a direct conspiracy link to the president... but I am saying that there is a whole lot more than a nothing burger with this investigation in my opinion

Granted, George P. did meet with Russians, but he did not directly receive the “dirt” on Hillary Clinton, as the emails were released before they had even met, by WikiLeaks, not Russians. Their meeting was a waste;

no doubt about that, and thats part of why i made that last comment saying I know these examples aren't a smoking gun

but I like to think that both sides of the aisle can agree in thinking that type of conduct is pretty fuckin deplorable

I know people love trump for not being a normal politician and changing the status quo, throwing a wrench in the styem yada yada

but I dno, I like to think that the standard for how your average everyday citizens behave is a heck of a lot lower than the standard for how I personally think a POTUS should conduct themselves

but thats getting into my own feelings on the matter and nothing related to the evidence in front of us re. the mueller report