me today the response will be comprehensive and thorough in responding to the committee s kwrs, but it doesn t mean the white house will comply with the request. clearly, the white house is working on its own timetable here. pamela, thank you very much from the white house. now, democratic congressman from california eric swalwell, who sits on the house intelligence and judiciary committees. so what s your thought? the president today seems to be singing a different tune and says let everyone see the mueller report. do you believe him? well, good evening. also, i have to say, happy new year to the persian community and muslim community in my district and across the country. but i don t believe him. because he has obstructed every step along the way. if the mueller team has a cable package, they will have seen him obstruct on cable news nightly almost. there s no exception to who could be so dumb that they would tell lester holt they obstructed justice by firing james comey. i als
reinvestigation of martin luther king jr. s murder. so there are countless examples where with the court s permission, where those types of reports have gone out. doj policy is not to indict a sitting president. we can all debate policy, precedent, but that s the policy. if that s adhered to, trump wins re-election, the point that congressman swalwell was just making, he could then be outside the statute of limitations. so it s possible, unless there s a change in the law, he could avoid being charged altogether if he wins re-election. most federal crimes are five years statute of limitations. if you think about most of the conduct mueller is investigations, 2016 and 2017, involving the president, those five year statutes of limitations would run in 200021, 2022. if the president is re-elected, he would still be president. so it does seem to me that there s a real reason for concern because it s clear the president isn t above the law. there s cases that say the president can be ch