WATCH: Special Counsel Mueller explains his view that his office was bound by US Justice Dept. policy against indicting a sitting president: “Charging the president with a crime was, therefore, not an option we could consider.”
Special counsel Robert Mueller said on Wednesday that his report"speaks for itself" and that even if he were to testify before Congress he wouldn't provide any information"beyond what is already public."
"I would not provide information beyond what is already public in any appearance before Congress," Mueller said.Mueller, a former FBI director, said he did not plan any further comment on the investigation or the report. The special counsel made it clear that he felt constrained from the beginning of his probe by Justice Department rules that prohibit the indictment of a sitting president. The method for charging and removing a president, he said, lies outside the criminal justice system, referring to the Constitution's provisions for impeaching and convicting a president.
Mueller, who also said he is resigning to return to private life, did not take questions from reporters after his roughly 10-minute statement.
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