Rebuking the Mueller report's "does not exonerate" caveat as "red meat" for Democrats, and "malicious prosecution" attempts against President Donald Trump in New York, former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell calls outs the political weaponization of the U.S. justice system.
"I'm just unfortunately miffed that [special counsel Robert Mueller] threw the Democrats red meat on the obstruction issue by saying that he would not exonerate the president of that," Powell told Sunday's "The Cats Roundtable" on 970 AM-N.Y. "I think that's all is – a political ploy, because when he says he's not going to recommend indictment, that is in effect an exoneration.
"But, by the language he chose to say that he's not exonerating him, he's giving [Democrats] fodder for their impeachment effort or further hearings or demands and continued resistance to the president's efforts in every regard.
"That's all that is: a political weapon that he's given them to use against the president."
Powell, author of "Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice," written before President Trump's presidential campaign fell victim to deep state political weaponization, added a rejection of the Southern District of New York investigations of the president to search for crimes, which is led by New York State Attorney General Letitia James' campaign promise to get the president for something.
"It's harassment – definitely is what it is," Powell told host John Catsimatidis. "She got elected to office on the campaign promise to harass President Trump, which is just an incredible abuse of power, as I understand her campaign.
"Something needs to be done to curb that kind of abuse by prosecutors. It technically doesn't fall within the double jeopardy provisions because the state and federal have different jurisdictions and different crimes, but it certainly violates the principles of double jeopardy."
After the witch hunt of collusion and potential obstruction of justice fell short by Mueller, the answer is not further political weaponization of investigations, Powell said.
"For the Department of Justice and the FBI to ever have credibility again with anyone in this country, we have to ferret out and expose and hold accountable everyone who's fingerprints are on this horrific injustice and criminal conduct in every way," she said. "Because this was a criminal conspiracy to commit fraud on the courts, on the American people, and to obstruct justice by the very people we have trusted to protect us and to enforce our laws and the constitution.
"It is a huge betrayal of trust and everything they swore to uphold. It just has to be fixed. It's the only way the rule of law can survive.
"We have to know everybody who had anything to do with it, they must be removed from office. The American people are entitled to know exactly what happened here."
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