President Trump
Donald John TrumpTrump faces high stakes in meeting with Erdoğan amid impeachment drama Democrats worry they don't have right candidate to beat Trump Trump threatening to fire Mulvaney: report MORE on Saturday criticized renewed calls for impeachment among some Democrats following former special counsel Robert Mueller
Robert (Bob) Swan MuellerSpeier says impeachment inquiry shows 'very strong case of bribery' by Trump Gowdy: I '100 percent' still believe public congressional hearings are 'a circus' Comey: Mueller 'didn't succeed in his mission because there was inadequate transparency' MORE's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee this week.
"The Dems are now coming out of shock from the terrible Mueller performance, and are starting to spin impeachment all over again," Trump tweeted. "How sick & disgusting and bad for our Country are they. What they are doing is so wrong, but they do it anyway. Dems have become the do nothing Party!"
The president also bashed Mueller's "display of ineptitude & incompetence."
The Dems are now coming out of shock from the terrible Mueller performance, and are starting to spin impeachment all over again. How sick & disgusting and bad for our Country are they. What they are doing is so wrong, but they do it anyway. Dems have become the do nothing Party!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27, 2019
The Democrats were trying mightily to revive the badly & irrevocably tarnished Witch Hunt Hoax until Robert Mueller put on the greatest display of ineptitude & incompetence that the Halls of Congress have ever seen. Truth is, he had no facts on his side. Nothing he could do!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27, 2019
After the former special counsel's Wednesday testimony, some Democrats joined calls for an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, and others doubled down on past calls.
Democratic Reps. Lisa Blunt Rochester (Del.), Katherine Clark
Katherine Marlea Clark'Squad' members recruit Raskin to run for Oversight gavel House passes third bill aimed at preventing foreign election interference Massachusetts Democrats call for 100 percent fentanyl screening of international mail from 'high-risk' nations MORE (Mass.), Peter DeFazio
Peter Anthony DeFazioDemocratic chairman presses Transportation secretary over transparency in Boeing 737 Max probe Democratic lawmaker asks for probe of reports Chao favored Kentucky officials Hillicon Valley: Warren takes on Facebook over political ads | Zuckerberg defends meetings with conservatives | Civil liberties groups sound alarm over online extremism bill MORE (Ore.), John Garamendi
John Raymond GaramendiThis week: Congress returns to chaotic Washington Trump labels Tlaib 'a despicable human being' Tlaib says Democrats have discussed detaining White House officials who don't testify MORE (Calif.), Annie Kuster (N.H.), Mike Levin (Calif.) and Lori Trahan
Lori A. TrahanEthics panel reviewing freshman Democrat over campaign finance complaint House Democrats inch toward majority support for impeachment Trump bashes Mueller for 'ineptitude,' slams 'sick' Democrats backing impeachment MORE (Mass.) signaled their support for impeachment after the testimony. A total of 99 House Democrats have indicated support for an inquiry.
Other Democrats, such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Nancy PelosiGiuliani pens op-ed slamming 'unprecedented' impeachment inquiry Brindisi, Lamb recommended for Armed Services, Transportation Committees Overnight Health Care: Top health official defends contract payments to Trump allies | Vaping advocates confident Trump will turn from flavor ban | Sanders gets endorsement from nurses union MORE, continued to not push for an inquiry.
“Whatever decision we make in that regard would have to be done with our strongest possible hand, and we still have some outstanding matters in the courts,” Pelosi said at a press conference after the hearing.
Mueller in his testimony reiterated that his team did not "reach a determination as to whether the president committed a crime" but said that Trump could be charged with obstruction of justice after he leaves office.
