Over and over again, the attorney general expressed skepticism about the evidence laid out in the special counsel report, which detailed 10 episodes of possible obstruction by the president. The special counsel declined to offer an assessment of whether Trump’s actions amounted to a crime. But legal experts said that the evidence detailed in the special counsel report would normally warrant bringing charges. It would have led to naming a new special counsel, not the end of the investigation. “What you said is, ‘Call Rod [Rosenstein], tell Rod that Mueller has conflicts and can’t be the Special Counsel,’ ” McGahn responded.

Source: Washington Post May 02, 2019 00:00 UTC