Howdy Australia!! - Robert Mueller makes a liar out of William Barr - Boris Johnson ordered to trial for allegedly lying about the Brexit - The school headmaster charged with a most heinous crime - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

After being silent for two years, US special prosecutor Robert Mueller read a statement about his investigation into Russian influence in the 2016 presidential election.  Speaking at the Justice Department for only nine minutes and not taking questions from reporters, Mueller urged people to refer to his report for details.  But two times in the statement, he said very clearly that he did not find evidence that clears Donald Trump of the crime of obstruction of justice: "If we had had confidence that the President clearly did not commit a crime we would have said so," Mueller said.  That's completely the opposite of Trump's specious claim of being "exonerated".  Despite this, White House spokesman Sarah Huckabee Sanders later told reporters that Trump was cleared - a blatant and demonstrable lie.

Mueller also made clear that he did not bring criminal charges against Trump was because the Justice Department adheres to the view from the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) that a sitting president cannot be indicted.  For outsiders looking in, that's a legal opinion; it's not in the US Constitution, it's not written in any law, and no court ever reached that opinion in a case.  However, Mueller worked for the Justice Department, and he made clear that he followed its rules.  But it's also a complete repudiation of US Attorney General William Barr's claim on 19 April that Mueller assured him that he "was not saying that but for the OLC opinion, he would have found a crime".  

In that same pronouncement last month, Barr claimed that the special counsel left the decision in his hands.  But on Wednesday morning in Washington, DC, Mueller refuted that as well.  Mueller said that "the Constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing".  That constitutional process is called "impeachment", and more and more Democratic Party lawmakers plus one renegade Republican are calling for an impeachment inquiry to remove Trump from office.  The head of the Congressional Democrats House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has urged her caucus to slow down on calling for impeachment, but recently has said that "nothing is off the table".

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Boris Johnson, who really wants to succeed Theresa May as Tory Party leader and UK Prime Minister, has been ordered to court on charges he lied during the lead-up to the 2016 Brexit Referendum.  Boris claimed - ludicrously and incorrectly - that the UK gives 350 Million Pounds Sterling to the European Union every week.  Johnson's camp calls the private, crowd-funded prosecution a "stunt" and a "politically motivated attempt to reverse Brexit".  But, "Democracy demands responsible and honest leadership from those in public office," said Lewis Power, the attorney for the plaintiff.  The case is based on 13th Century law banning public servants from lying and has no modern precedent - but in theory, could lead to imprisonment for Johnson.

Sara Netanyahu has reached a plea deal with Israeli prosecutors on charges of misusing public funds.  The wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will plead guilty to a lesser charge of exploiting the mistake of another person, reimburse the government around AU$18,000, plus a fine of AU$4,000.00.  Bibi himself is facing possible prosecution in at least four other corruption cases.

An Islamic school headmaster in Bangladesh and 15 others are charged with the gruesome murder of a 19-year old woman who accused him of sexual harassment.  Prosecutors say the group dressed in burqas to lure Nusrat Jahan Rafi to the school's roof, where she was doused with kerosene and set ablaze.  The scheme was intended to make it look like a suicide attempt, but Ms. Rafi lived long enough to tell police what really happened.  Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pledged, "None of the culprits will be spared from legal action."

Thousands of women carrying the green handkerchiefs of their Reproductive Rights movement marched on Argentina's parliament in Buenos Aires.  Abortion is allowed only in cases or rape or incest in the South American country, but the women are backing a bill to allow the medical procedure up to 14 weeks.  Senators voted down a similar bill last year, but the movement only grew stronger.

The Netherlands is the first country to outlaw the Hells Angels - the whole thing, not just a local chapter.  A court ruling specifically cited the gang for "violence is often so serious and causes so much social unrest that it can be considered in contravention of social order."   The Bikie gang was founded in California in 1948 but now has members around the globe.