Crimes and Offenses

A lawyer and a distinguished legal journalist, Benjamin Wittes is one of the best equipped people to break down and analyze the Mueller Report. He has now done that (link here) and has some damning verdicts for Donald Trump:

The President committed crimes.

The President also committed impeachable offenses.

The only thing keeping Trump from facing a criminal trial now is a Department of Justice policy that prevents prosecution of a sitting President.

There's nothing to stop Congress from impeaching this President, however. To that end, Wittes lays out a convincing case that the House of Representatives should at lease consider the option. Starting down that road does not mean they have to go all the way.

But refusing to take any action now, in the face of all the damning evidence, seems like a lot more than political negligence.