Mueller made clear that his team never considered indicting Trump because the Justice Department prohibits the prosecution of a sitting president. Special counsel Robert Mueller announced his resignation from the Justice Department on Wednesday as he broke a two-year silence on his investigation into ties between Russia and the Trump campaign. Under pressure to testify before Congress, Mueller did not rule it out. A Justice Department legal opinion “says the Constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing,” Mueller said. The report found no criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia to tip the outcome of the 2016 presidential election in Trump’s favour.

Source: thestar May 29, 2019 13:47 UTC