Mueller's report leaves open possibility of post-White House criminal exposure for Trump | Analysis by Kara Scannell
In declining to reach a traditional prosecution decision, Mueller wrote that he was adhering to DOJ guidelines and also considered the"burdens" an indictment would place on the President's ability to govern and respond to the allegations while in office.
"Mueller conspicuously went out of his way to say in the report that a president can be charged when out of office. It is very possible," Honig said."That said, it seems really unlikely because it would be politically fraught and the conduct would be old by then."Democrats set sights on Trump's finances as post-Mueller probes take shapeTrump's best defense to his legal exposure is to win re-election in 2020, which would keep him in office until January 2025.
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