Opinion | Michael Conway: Mueller passed the impeachment baton to Congress. They could still drop it. - NBCNewsTHINK
Mueller, in fact, made that point in the first page of his obstruction of justice report, explaining that a criminal prosecution of a sitting president would “potentially pre-empt constitutional processes for addressing presidential misconduct.” A footnote to that sentence refers explicitly to Article 1, section 2 of the Constitution.
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