conclusion. and the other point is, our mandate as congress, as the committee for that matter, is much broader. the special prosecutor is looking only at crimes. we have to look at protecting the rule of law, at obstruction of justice, at abuses of power at a much broader level than simply crimes. chairman jerry nadler, thank you so much. you re going to have a very busy morning probably and afternoon ahead. and feel free to come back as soon as you get those conclusions. we re here. thank you. republicans are already taking a victory lap saying the president could be vindicated. are they celebrating too soon? we ll talk with republican judiciary member senator ted cruz, next. and one democratic presidential candidate says the mueller report is not going to change many voters minds, so why has the party been so focused on it in that s ahead. tremfya® can help adults with moderate
about those things but, sure. look, i think it s very significant we have to wait i think people shouldn t be taking victory laps or jumping off bridges based on the fact a mueller report has been concluded and there s no indictments but donald trump is not out of legal jeopardy and the southern district of new york did not have the narrow mission that the special counsel had. and they are aggressive and tough and independent and fair and apolitical. if there s things they think are worth pursuing and charging, they will do so. if that means that there s legal jeopardy for people around the president, then i guess we ll have to see. preet bharara, great to talk to you. his book is doing justice a prosecutor s thoughts on crime, punishment and the rule of law. up next one democratic presidential candidate isn t waiting to read the report to declare there was definitely collusion. our political panel will weigh in on the political wisdom of that claim, next. e about freshn
main conclusions of the mueller report as soon as today. will you accept them at face value? well, we re likely to see what barr characterizes as the main conclusions of the mueller report. and we ll accept them, but subject to seeing all the underlying data. we have to make judgments. the american people have to make judgments as to how founded those conclusions are or barr s summary of the conclusions are. and that s one reason we have to see the entire report and the evidence underlying it. are you suggesting that barr might mislead about what the mueller no, i have no reason to say that. but i am suggesting that people make judgments, and those judgments could be right or wrong. in other words, making a judgment as to how to characterize an observation. and what about when you get to the point where you do see the whole report from robert mueller. will you trust those results?
those were serious charges when they were raised two years ago. if the special counsel concluded that there is not evidence that that occurred, that would be very good news. so as you mentioned, a senior justice department official is telling cnn that he s not recommending any further indictments. but we do know that there are other investigations going on elsewhere in the justice department into the president s businesses, his inaugural committee, charitable foundation. are republicans right to be popping the champagne right now? i m not saying you are, but others are, or is it premature? listen, if anyone thinks that the mueller report being concluded is the end of the democrats attempt to take down president trump, they haven t been attention the last two years. it s striking as i listened to your interview with congressman nadler that he was immediately pivoting away. okay, fine. yesterday the mueller report was the end all and be all. it was going to be the salvation for the
enforcement agencies. what you are describing is evidence to back up what you said before that you believe the president has obstructed justice. you still believe that? well, there have been obstructions of justice, whether they are clearly, whether they are criminal obstruction is another question. but we have the special prosecutor is limited in scope. his job was limited in scope and limited to crimes. what congress has to do is look at a broader picture. we are in charge we have the responsibility of protecting the rule of law, of looking at obstructions of justice, abuses of power, at corruption, in order to protect the rule of law so that our democratic institutions are not greatly damaged by this president. on that very note, if robert mueller comes out in his report and suggests very strongly or states flt out that he agrees with you that the president obstructed justice or that the president may have committed some crime that doj guidelines don t allow to be indict