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Moments after first admitting President Trump was “cleared” and “exonerated” by Attorney General William Barr’s letter about the Mueller report, then walling it back on CNN Newsroom, the same assembled cast of journalists and analysts insisted that, while there may not have been enough evidence to charge President Trump with obstruction of justice, there was enough for Dems to impeach him. They also threw in some conspiracies about Barr’s motives for good measure.
At the top of the four o’clock hour, the panel couldn’t wrap their heads about the idea that President Trump’s abrasive tweets and comments about the investigation, and the firing of former FBI Director James Comey, didn’t add up to an attempt to obstruct justice. But anchor Dana Bash was confident it was enough for Democrats to use for impeachment:
There is a very big difference between trying to get enough evidence for a criminal charge, president or not, and making a political determination on Capitol Hill whether or not the House Democrats feel they will get enough information and they will get enough evidence, which they don't need it to be beyond a reasonable doubt, to start impeachment proceedings against the President for obstruction of justice. They have two different very different standards. Very different standards.
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