Former prosecutor Mueller says he did not exonerate US President Trump of obstruction of justice during Russia probe
Former special sounsel Robert Mueller testifies before the House Judiciary Committee at a hearing on the Office of Special Counsel's investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, July 24, 2019.
The committee's Democratic chairman, Jerrold Nadler, praised Mueller and said no one, including Trump, is "above the law." Nadler laid out the examples from Mueller's report that committee members intend to focus on while questioning the reluctant former special counsel.He noted Trump's directions to then-White House counsel Donald McGahn to have Mueller removed and, once that was made public, orders from Trump to McGahn to deny it happened.
Many liberal Democrats are pushing for an impeachment enquiry against Trump, whose recent incendiary rhetoric about four congresswomen from racial minorities also has ignited a political firestorm. The impeachment question has divided Democrats, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opposing such a move as politically risky for moderate Democrats on whose future the House Democratic majority depends. Some Democrats prefer to remove Trump from office the ordinary way, by defeating him in next year's election.
The report also did not reach a conclusion on whether Trump committed the crime of obstruction of justice but pointedly did not exonerate him. Attorney General William Barr, a Trump appointee, subsequently cleared the president of obstruction of justice.
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