INTERVIEW – TOM FITTON – President of Judicial Watch reacted to Mueller’s statement (in studio)
- As Mueller bows out, more Democrats call for Trump’s impeachment. If Robert Mueller thought his only public remarks since being appointed special counsel would put the Russian collusion allegations and Democrats’ calls to impeach President Trump to rest, he was mistaken. If anything, Mueller’s statement Wednesday may have assured that the debate over whether to impeach Trump will be a dominant issue heading into the 2020 president election. Speaking from the Justice Department, Mueller announced the closing of his office and told reporters he did not plan to testify before Congress. He explained that his team did not have the “option” to charge President Trump with a crime, citing longstanding Justice Department policy that a sitting president cannot be indicted. However, Mueller also stressed that there “was not sufficient evidence to charge a conspiracy” with regard to whether members of the Trump campaign coordinated with the Russian government during the 2016 presidential election.
.@TomFitton on @WMALDC: "Mueller is seeing the momentum for impeachment dissipating. AG Barr’s analysis 'no collusion, no obstruction' is taking hold in the public mind, so Mueller is providing political oomph to the idea of impeaching @realDonaldTrump over non-obstruction." pic.twitter.com/Pf5a1qFB5o
— Judicial Watch ⚖️ (@JudicialWatch) May 31, 2019
