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OLC -Office of Legal Counsel (Washington (CNN) Robert Mueller said explicitly on Wednesday that the special counsel's office did not even consider charging Donald Trump with a crime because of a Justice Department opinion that guides against indicting a sitting president. The department opinion, written by the Office of Legal Counsel and dating back to the Nixon administration, has loomed large over the former special counsel's testimony before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committee hearings. Tatiana Okunskaya) |
