Mueller in congressional testimony: 'Over the course of my career, I’ve seen a number of challenges to our democracy. The Russian government's effort to interfere in our election is among the most serious.'
Nadler kicked off the Judiciary hearing with his opening remarks addressed directly to Mueller, setting the tone for members of both parties who, throughout the day, would often begin their questions with a strongly worded statement that Mueller often had no interest validating.
Under questioning from Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., Mueller agreed that it was"correct" to say that Trump asked former White House Counsel Don McGahn to is misrepresent facts he knew to be accurate to defend the president. "The president's attitude towards the investigation was understandably negative," Collins said."The president knew he was innocent."
"I agree with the chairman this morning when he said Donald Trump is not above the law. He's not," Ratcliffe said."But he damn sure shouldn't be below the law, which is where volume 2 of this report puts him." Strzok and Page have become central characters in Republicans' alternative storyline of the Mueller probe, which they say grew out of an opposition research investigation funded by anti-Trump Republicans and the Democratic National Committee and conducted by a firm called Fusion GPS and its agent, former MI6 Christopher Steele. Mueller, however, said he was not"not familiar" with Fusion GPS and could not comment on the origins of his probe.
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