If were going on three years, innocent people have been accused of serious crimes, including treason. They have had their lives disrupted and in some cases destroyed by false accusations for which there is no basis other than some people wish it was so. Your report is clear, no evidence of conspiracy, no evidence of coordination and i believe we owe it to these people who have been falsely accused to the president and his family to make that clear. The credibility of your report is based on the integrity of how its handled. Im holding here in my hand a binder of 25 examples of leaks that occurred from the Special Counsels Office Dating back to as early as a few weeks of your inception and the beginning of your work, and continuing up to just a few months ago. All of these all of them have
one thing in common. They were designed to weaken or embarrass the president. Every single one. Never was it leaked. You found no evidence of inclusion. Never was it leaked that the Steele Dossier was
The investigation. Is that right . Thats correct. And you have a citation . Page seven, volume two. Thank you. One of these witnesses was michael cohen, the president s personal lawyer, who ultimately pled guilty to Campaign Violations based on secret hush money payments to two women the president knew and also to lying to congress about the hope for a 1 billion trump tower deal. After the fbi searched cohens home, the president called him up personally, he said to check in, and told him to, quote, hang in there and stay strong. Is that right . Do you remember finding that . If its in the report as stated, yes, it is right. Yes. Also in the report, actually, are a series of calls made by other friends of the president. One reached out to say he was with the boss in maralago, and the president said he loves you. His name is redacted. Another redacted friend called to say the boss loves you. And a third redacted friend called to say everyone knows the boss has your back. Do you remember
we have 25 examples here of where you did not do a good job. not you, sir, but where your office did not do a good example. do you know anyone who made claims to the press about the march 24th letter to congress, misrepresented the basis of your report. do you know who aknown mousily made claims to the press that attorney general bar s march 24th letter to congress misrepresented the findings of your report? no. given these examples as well as others, you must have realized the leaks were coming from someone associated with the special counsel s office. i do not believe that. well, sir, this was your work. you re the only one, your office is the only one that had information regarding this that had to come from your office.
of talk today about firing the special counsel and curtailing the investigation. were you ever fired, mr. mueller? i m sorry, what? were you ever fired as special counsel, mr. mueller? not that i no. no. were you allowed to complete your investigation unencumbered? yes. and in fact, you resigned as special counsel when you closed up the office in late may 2019, is that correct? that s correct. thank you. mr. mooueller, on april 18th, t attorney general held a press conference in conjunction with the public release of your report. did attorney general barr say anything inaccurate, either in his press conference or his march 24th letter to congress, summarizing the principal conclusions of your report? well, what you are not mentioning is the letter we sent on march 27th to mr. barr that
delete information that should have been available to investigators and other information was harbored offshore and was beyond their reach. so mueller although he did make this finding that he does not indict on a conspiracy charge is very careful both yesterday and in the report to say that they were seriously hampered in their efforts to obtain evidence. that s what we call obstruction. although robert mueller said he believes attorney general william barr acted in good faith, he did say that yesterday, by first only releasing an interpretation of the report, mueller s words about the investigation, its findings and even his disagreements with how the justice department rolled them out, those stood in stark contrast with the attorney general s views. reports have emerged recently, general, that members of the special counsel s team are frustrated at some level with the limited information included in your march 24th letter. do you know what they re referencing with that? no, i