White House Lawyer: Mueller report written like law school paper, very political

The White House is taking issue with political statements made in the special counsel’s report, which have been used by the left to smear the president and his associates.
White House lawyer Emmet Flood outlined his concerns in a letter to Attorney General William Barr last month, which was made public on Thursday. The letter zeroes in on a line found in Volume II of the report in which Mueller’s teams said the evidence prevented them from “conclusively determining no criminal conduct occurred.”
Flood argued this was not the job of the special counsel, which is a concern echoed by the president’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani.
“It also does not exonerate him, prosecutors never say that, that’s kind of close to an improper statement,” said Giuliani.

The Mueller report is pictured. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Flood said prosecutors are not in “the business of establishing innocence” or of “exonerating investigated persons” because the American justice system already presumes innocence.
Flood explained the danger of applying this standard nationwide, which would force any accused person to prove beyond a shadow of doubt their own innocence. He said the job of prosecutors is to fully investigate a situation then decide if it merits recommending charges.
To this end, Flood believes the special counsel fell short because it did not reach a conclusive decision on obstruction. He questioned whether this was deliberately done to give Congress a sort of “road map” to take action against the president as they openly discuss impeachment.
Despite the unfairness with which Democrats have treated President Trump over the last two-years, Flood explained how he has remained as transparent as possible. That’s because much of the information Mueller’s team got their hands on is classified as “privileged material,” meaning it could have been withheld with an executive order.
After laying out his case to Barr, Flood explained the purpose of his letter is to make sure this investigation does not set a precedent for future proceedings.