Nadler: Mueller ‘not exonerating’ Trump in report
The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee on Sunday insisted that special counsel Robert Mueller’s report does not exonerate President Trump after the attorney general released conclusions that Mueller had not found collusion between Trump’s campaign and Russia in the 2016 election.
Judiciary panel Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said Attorney General William Barr concluded after reading Mueller’s findings that the president did not obstruct justice in the investigation of Russia’s interference in the election, but that Mueller “clearly and explicitly” did not exonerate Trump.
Barr says that the President may have acted to obstruct justice, but that for an obstruction conviction, “the government would need to proved beyond a reasonable doubt that a person, acting with corrupt intent, engaged in obstructive conduct”.
— (((Rep. Nadler))) (@RepJerryNadler) March 24, 2019
But Special Counsel Mueller clearly and explicitly is not exonerating the President, and we must hear from AG Barr about his decision making and see all the underlying evidence for the American people to know all the facts.
— (((Rep. Nadler))) (@RepJerryNadler) March 24, 2019
{mosads}”There must be full transparency in what Special Counsel Mueller uncovered to not exonerate the President from wrongdoing. DOJ owes the public more than just a brief synopsis and decision not to go any further in their work,” Nadler stated in a tweet.
Barr sent a letter to Congress on Sunday detailing the principal conclusions of Mueller’s report, which focused on the allegation of collusion between Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia and of obstruction of justice.
Barr’s letter said the investigation did not uncover evidence that the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government to interfere in the 2016 election — something Trump and his supporters seized upon as vindication for the president.
Nadler said that Barr was too quick to dismiss further action on the obstruction question.
“Special Counsel Mueller worked for 22 months to determine the extent to which President Trump obstructed justice,” he tweeted Sunday. “Attorney General Barr took 2 days to tell the American people that while the President is not exonerated, there will be no action by DOJ.”
Special Counsel Mueller worked for 22 months to determine the extent to which President Trump obstructed justice. Attorney General Barr took 2 days to tell the American people that while the President is not exonerated, there will be no action by DOJ.
— (((Rep. Nadler))) (@RepJerryNadler) March 24, 2019
Nadler said his committee would be calling on Barr to testify in front of it “in the near future.”
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