Rep. Ted Deutch: “The President wanted to fire you because you were investigating him for obstruction of justice. Isn't that correct?” Mueller: “That's what it says in the report, yes. And I stand by the report.”
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Robert Mueller declined to engage with the Republican lawmaker who launched one of the most personal attacks at the special counsel at the hearing so far: "And if somebody knows they did not conspire with anybody from Russia to affect the election and they see the big justice department with people that hate that person coming after him and then a special counsel appointed who hires a dozen or more people that hate that person and he knows he's innocent, he's not corruptly acting in order to see that justice is done. What he's doing is not obstructing justice. He is pursuing justice. And the fact that you ran it out ...
After Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Texas Republican accusing Mueller of having “perpetuated injustice” by running his investigation for two years, Chairman Jerry Nadler gave Mueller a chance to respond.share with Facebook
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