Ted Lieu: Mueller walked back obstruction answer to avoid calling Trump 'a felon'

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Rep. tedlieu responds to Robert Mueller's clarification regarding guidance against indicting a President: “I don't know who got to him, I don’t know who talked to him, but that was very odd.”

Washington The Democratic congressman who asked former special counsel Robert Mueller if Justice Department guidance stopped him from indicting President Donald Trump says he thinks Mueller walked back his initial response because it amounted to labeling Trump"a felon in the White House."

California Rep. Ted Lieu had asked Mueller if the Office of Legal Counsel guidance against indicting a sitting president was the reason he didn't indict Trump. Mueller said that was"correct" at first. He later clarified, stating,"As we say in the report and as I said at the opening, we did not reach a determination as to whether the President committed a crime.

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