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More than 500 former federal prosecutors signed on to a statement Monday saying that, based on the evidence laid out in the Mueller report, only President Donald Trump’s protected position as head of state has saved him from obstruction of justice charges.

President Donald Trump at a ceremony honoring the U.S. Military Academy’s football team at the White House on Monday. (AP)

Former U.S. Department of Justice officials who served under every presidential administration since Dwight D. Eisenhower’s said in an open letter that Trump’s efforts to impede Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, as outlined in Mueller’s March report, amounts to “conduct that obstructed or attempted to obstruct the truth-finding process.”

Only the Office of Legal Counsel’s policy against prosecuting a sitting president has spared Trump from indictment, according to the letter, which said evidence of corrupt intent “is overwhelming.”

“In our system, every accused person is presumed innocent and it is always the government’s burden to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt,” the DOJ alumni said. […]