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The report has two parts. addressing the two main issues we were asked to investigate. the first volume of the report details numerous efforts emanating from russia to influence the election. this volume includes a discussion of the trump campaign s response to this activity as well as our conclusion that there was insufficient evidence to charge a broader conspiracy. and in this second volume, the report describes the results and analysis of our obstruction of justice investigation involving the president. the order appointing the special counsel authorized us to investigate actions that could obstruct the investigation. we conducted that investigation and we kept the office of the acting attorney general a prized of the progress of our work. and as set forth in the report after that investigation, if we ....
Sanders also trying to have it both ways but everybody else is there and they weren t before today started. bob, i don t mean to be disrespectful but if you re cory booker at whatever he is, 2, 3%, we saw eight democrats calling for impeachment. that s fairly easy to say when you re out on the trail. it s fairly easy to say if you re a presidential candidate. it s a harder case to make if you re a member of congress. what they re trying to do when you talk to house democrats is build the case on obstruction for the american people. and when i m talking to house democrats, they say what s more important, perhaps, than even mr. mueller s testimony, should it happen, is the testimony of someone like don mcgahn, the former white house counsel, because his testimony can get to the question of intent. and that s what they need to prove more than mueller s conclusions here is what was the president s intent, what can house democrats offer the american people through their own investigatio ....
I think that one of the things that mueller is saying today, while we may want to raise question, while the attorney general may want to raise questions and some republicans may want to question some aspects of why the fbi started investigating the trump campaign, that there is no question that russia has been attacking the united states and doing so in a devastating way in 2016. he really refocuses our attention on the bigger picture, however, this investigation is underway and one of the things that mueller s statement today also brings to light is the gravity of what happened with russia. he talks about it in very patriotic terms. this is something that is a threat to the country. if you re the president, if you re the attorney general and if you re not taking this incredibly seriously and if you re doing something to obstruct the investigation. it speaks directly to your patriotism. and again, this becomes a congressional question, what do we do with our leaders if they are doing s ....
Had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. we did not, however, make a determination as to whether the president did commit a crime. the introduction to the volume two of our report explains that decision. it explains that under long standing department policy, a president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office. that is unconstitutional. even if the charge is kept under seal and hidden from public view, that, too, is prohibited. the special counsel s office is part of the department of justice and by regulation, it was bound by that department policy. charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. the department s written opinion explaining the policy makes several important points that ....
People and ignore all congressional subpoenas that is immoral and unlawful. no one is above the law and we will hold the president accountable. and this reminder volume two of robert mueller s report outlines nearly a dozen instances of possible obstruction of justice from the president including but not limited to the firing of james comey, trump s efforts to remove mueller, and his efforts to curtail the russia investigation writ large. with us more tonight john heilemann, veteran journalist, msnbc national affairs analyst, co-author of game change, co-host of the circus on showtime, and robert costa, national political reporter for the post and moderator of washington week. good evening to you both. john, i ll show you what the news folks at fox news, how they reacted initially. we ll talk about it after this. this was not as the president ....