In His First Public Statement Mueller Says Once Again He Didn't Clear Trump
But House Judiciary Committee chair Jerry Nadler suggested that Congress will now take up the case. “Given that Special Counsel Mueller was unable to pursue criminal charges against the President, it falls to Congress to respond to the crimes, lies and other wrongdoing of President Trump — and we will do so," Nadler said in a statement."No one, not even the President of the United States, is above the law.
Although Trump lauded the special counsel’s final report, Mueller's appointment angered Trump from the start. The president repeatedly called the probe a"witch hunt," even as his lawyers and White House officials said that they were cooperating with the special counsel's office.Trump ordered White House Counsel Don McGahn to have Mueller fired in June 2017, after the president identified what he believed were conflicts of interest that disqualified Mueller from the position.
The special counsel's office also brought charges against Alex van der Zwaan, a lawyer with ties to Manafort and Gates, as well as a Russian troll farm accused of attempting to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.
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