Mueller breaks silence to challenge Trump: President is not innocent of crimes

Robert Mueller, the special prosecutor, on Wednesday rekindled congressmen's requests for the Trump prosecution by breaking the two-year silence to deny that the American president was innocent of the crimes charged.

The events took a sudden and dramatic turn through Muller's words, whose report on Russian interference in Trump's campaign for presidential elections was published last month, writes The Guardian, the Perscope.

If they had faith that the president did not commit a crime, we would have said that,” said from the platform to the justice department in the first speech since the beginning of the investigation. “We haven't determined, however, whether the president committed a crime.” he added.

Muller explained that his decision was based on the old policies of the justice department, and not on lack of evidence.

“A president cannot be charged with a federal crime while in office,” he said. This is unconstitutional. Mr. ” Mueller.

The prosecutor's statements yesterday contradicted Trump's claims that Muller's report completely vindicated him./Periscopi