However, not indicting Trump was not equivalent to clearing him, Mueller said, suggesting US Congress has both the constitutional powers and the responsibility to pursue the case. “If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so,” he said. “Nothing changes from the Mueller Report. There was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our Country, a person is innocent,” the president tweeted minutes after Mueller finished speaking. “The constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing,” Mueller said.

Source: Taipei Times May 30, 2019 15:56 UTC