On Wednesday, Mueller did little to clarify the issue. He reiterated that “if we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said that.” But he also noted that his office didn’t “make a determination as to whether the president did commit a crime.” He then cited the Justice Department’s view that a sitting president couldn’t be indicted. “And beyond department policy,” Mueller said, “we were guided by principles of fairness. It would be unfair to potentially accuse somebody of a crime when there can be no court resolution of an actual charge.”

Source: Los Angeles Times May 29, 2019 19:01 UTC