538 on the Mueller Report

It turns out that Dump indeed committed several acts of obstruction but Mueller deferred from indicting strictly because of the Justice Dept. policy that a sitting President cannot be so charged. Note that that policy is not law. From this post:

"Mueller’s team found 'multiple acts by the president that were capable of exerting undue influence over law enforcement investigations, including the Russian-interference and obstruction investigations.' And in many cases, Trump was kept out of further legal hot water by his staff’s unwillingness to carry out his directives, such as when his White House counsel refused to fire Mueller. Mueller pointedly wrote in the introduction to the section of the report dealing with obstruction that the report did not 'exonerate' Trump. Mueller also wrote that he didn’t try to come to a conclusion about the president’s innocence or guilt because of a longstanding Justice Department policy that prevents a sitting president from being charged and put on trial — which he saw himself as bound by.