Three government officials have told NBC News that a dispute within the special counsel’s office on the facts and the law was one factor behind Robert Mueller’s decision not to make a call on the obstruction question.
“The lawyers and FBI agents on Mueller’s team could not reach an agreement about whether Trump’s conduct amounted to a corrupt — and therefore illegal — effort to impede the probe… As a result, Barr, after consulting with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, stepped in to clear the president, saying the evidence did not amount to a prosecutable case of obstruction of justice.”
“At least one faction within the office says their intent was to leave the legal question open for Congress and the public to examine the evidence… It’s not clear how Mueller himself feels about the matter.”
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