it. you worked, phil mudd, with mueller, for about five years when you were assigned over at the fbi, why do you think he chose today to come out and make this first public statement after nearly two years of being quiet? for everybody who is discouraged about washington, watch those ten minutes. duty. he did his duty in vietnam, then did his duty in the fbi. then extended for two years under president obama. somebody says after he steps out, come back and be special counsel. he did one final duty of the american people today. one, pay attention to russia and the election. two, pay attention to my team. they re pros. don t let anybody say otherwise. and the biggest lesson, i didn t say the president was off the hook. over to you, congress, if you can t do it, not my inbox. that was duty and i think he deserves a lot of credit from the american people. gloria, mueller clearly wants to tamp down all the calls for him to come before congress and
reporter: instead, mueller reignited the impeachment debate tonight on capitol hill, suggesting it s now up to congress. the opinion says that the constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing. reporter: while mueller himself dashed hopes of serving as their star witness. now, i hope and expect this to be the only time that i will speak to you in this manner. the report is my testimony. reporter: the 74-year-old justice department veteran pushed back on trump s false refrain that the report found no collusion. there was insufficient evidence to charge a broader conspiracy. there were multiple systemic efforts to interfere in our election. and that allegation deserves the attention of every american. reporter: and while mueller never addressed the president directly, he defended the importance of the investigation and his team. when a subject of an investigation obstructs that
being in cahoots, lying to congress, lying to investigators, lying to the special counsel, working with the russian government to achieve an end goal that has been disastrous. congressman andre carson, thanks so much for joining us. always an honor. thank you. up next, there s breaking news. the special counsel, robert mueller makes a dramatic public statement, stressing his report did not clear president trump and declaring that if his team had been confident the president did not commit a crime, they would have said so. and there s other breaking news we re following right now. israel is in political turmoil tonight after president trump s close ally, prime minister benjamin netanyahu, missing the deadline form a coalition government. now what? are about freshness, quality and value. we want your sandwiches to arrive freaky fast®, so they re freaky fresh®. that s why we only deliver within 5 minutes of our stores and not.
comments. and basically characterized this as a witch hunt. it seems to me that today mueller wanted to be very simple and clear in all the things that we ve laid out here in terms of what happened. that he was, in fact, bound by this olc guiding principle, essentially. and he talked about it pretty extensively here. and he said that. you know, these were the principles under which we operated. so he couldn t have been more clear. and i think when you see barr s statements in comparison to what mueller said olc, the office of legal counsel at the justice department. bianna, how do you see it? let s look at the bigger picture, because it s really easy to overlook what has transpired from this investigation. five associates of the trump campaign, five of his advisers were convicted. other two dozen russian individuals were indicted. this is not bob mueller saying, that s it, done. that s maybe him saying, i m done with my portion of this. everyone should read the report. however, c
say. i think in a very real sense, he has left this at the feet of congress to really deal. and i think that he s very wise in the way he s positioning himself and he s very measured in his tone, which is consistent with how he s been since the beginning of his career. and so congress does have a duty. i think chairman nadler, as well as chairman schiff, as well as chairman cumming and the other chairman and women, maxine waters, as well, we ve been deliberate in making sure the committees of jurisdiction play their role in unearthing criminal matters and really dealing with the kind of specificity necessary that the intelligence committee is tasked with, in looking at the extent of russia s interference into our electoral process. it s very clear, it has to be dealt with in a very meaningful way, before we hit 2020. should the president be impeached? i don t think we should rule out an impeachment. i do think that there is a