“[A]lthough we recognize the policy of the Department to remain sensitive to the privacy and reputation interests of individuals who will not face criminal charges, we feel that it is necessary to address the particular danger of withholding evidence of misconduct by President Trump from the relevant committees.”IOW - so we "recognize" policy, but we would like you to ignore it, because the President is Donald Trump.
The reality here is that if Mueller found criminal activity that included the President, there would be no reason (under policy) to hold back that information. The policy (of law enforcement in general) is to not release information on investigations where the decision was made that there was not enough evidence to charge someone.
This, of course, is a policy that protects Americans from having law enforcement use their power to investigate someone with the purpose of smearing them, rather than actually charging them. If you want someone to investigate someone for purposes of digging up dirt, you hire a private investigator (who is limited by an inability to garner warrants and other authorization to surveil people with more complicated means).
Robert Mueller is not the Democrat's personal P.I.
He is an agent of the DOJ, and the laws of special counsel require him to follow the protocol of the DOJ (not ignore it). If the President broke the law (and the fact he is a sitting President is the only reason charges are not being brought), then it's quite obvious that Mueller needs to disclose such illegal activity.
But Mueller would not (under DOJ guidelines) be allowed to simply report to the public (or to Congress) actions that do not rise to the level of criminal activity. Like any other American, Trump is protected from Law Enforcement using their investigative powers to "dig up dirt" to "smear" an otherwise law abiding American.
However, the Democrats in Congress feel that they are entitled to any "dirt" or other "unsavory" issues that Special Counsel found out about Donald Trump. Obviously, many on the left thought this was the obvious intention (under the false pretense of investigating Russian influence). But like it or not Special Counsel was provided a task, and that task was not to do some sort of personal investigation of all of the President's comings and goings.
Special Counsel should provide Attorney General Barr with a full report on Russian influence on the election and whether or not Americans (including any Trump campaign members) were involved in anyway. After all, that was what he was appointed by Rosenstein to do.
Anything above and beyond that information, that does not rise to the level of criminal behavior, should be considered private information for law enforcement eyes only. Just like it would be in any criminal investigation.
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