yakov_a_jerkov | Письмо Барра (Reply)

AG March 24 2019 Letter to House and Senate Judiciary Committees

В письме сообщается, что доклад Мюллера разделен на две части.

Russian Interference in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election:

As report states: "The investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities."

Obstruction of Justice:

After making a "thorough factual investigation" into these matters, the Special Counsel considered whether to evaluate the conduct under Department standards governing prosecution and declination decisions but ultimately determined not to make a traditional prosecutorial judgment. The Special Counsel therefore did not draw a conclusion - one way or the other - as to whether the examined conduct constituted obstruction. Instead, for each of the relevant actions investigated, the report sets out evidence on both sides of the question and leaves unresolved what the Special Counsel views as "difficult issues" of law and fact concerning whether the President's actions and intent could be viewed as obstruction. The Special Counsel states that "while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him."

Дальше Барр пишет, что раз Мюллер не принял решения, то решение должен был принять он. И вот, посовещавшись со всеми, Барр с Розенштейном решили, что "the evidence [...] is not sufficient to esteblish that the President committed an obstruction-of-justice offense."

P.S. Хороший разбор письма Барра бывшим прокурором, Renato Mariotti.

Update: Немые заговорили!