New book makes bombshell claim about Robert Mueller’s indictment against Donald Trump

Siege: Trump Under Fire, the long-awaited sequel to Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff, is due to hit shelves a week from today. But a bombshell revelation in the book about Robert Muellerโs investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election just dropped this morning. According to exclusive reporting by The Guardian, Wolff claims that Mueller actually prepared a three-count obstruction of justice indictment against Donald Trump but decided not to use it.
Wolff claims his information is โbased on internal documents given to me by sources close to the Office of the Special Counselโ. But Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller, told The Guardian, โThe documents youโve described do not exist.โ Although The Guardian describes this by saying that Carr โflatly deniedโ the claim, it is odd that Carr did not say, โRobert Mueller never prepared an obstruction of justice indictment against Donald Trump.โ He also claimed only that the documents โdo notโ exist, which is not quite the same thing as saying the documents never existed.
The Guardian, which has not only reviewed Siege but also the underlying documents in question, called this indictment โthe most significant aspect of Wolffโs new book.โ Apparently, the first count charged Trump with โcorruptly โ or by threats of force or threatening communication โ influencing, obstructing or impeding a pending proceeding before a department or agency of the United Statesโ (under Title 18, Section 1505 of the United States Code). The second count โcharged the president with tampering with a witness, victim or informantโ (under Section 1512). The third count โcharged the president with retaliating against a witness, victim or informantโ (under section 1513).
In addition to the indictment, Wolff claims that Mueller also drafted a memorandum of law to oppose an expected motion to dismiss. That memorandum reportedly argues that the law does not say the President of the United States cannot be indicted. On the contrary, it says that a President has the same status as other federal officials, who may be indicted, convicted and impeached. Wolff also reveals Muellerโs concerns about getting fired and exceeding his authority, such as when debating whether to insist on an in-person interview with Trump or prosecute him.
Wolff concludes that in the end, Mueller revealed himself to be a โcautious and indecisive bureaucrat.โ He adds that โBob Mueller threw up his hands. Surprisingly, he found himself in agreement with the greater White House: Donald Trump was the president, and, for better or for worse, what you saw was what you got โ and what the country voted for.โ If all this explosive new reporting is true, then Trumpโs claims that the Mueller probe was a โtotal waste of timeโ may actually, and quite tragically, be accurate.
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Ron Leshnower is a lawyer and the author of several books, including President Trump’s Month