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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHouse Democrats can officially stop wasting time on Mueller
His work is done.
If you believe Pelosi just wants to run out the clock on impeachment, which I do, hes saying dont waste your time on me, what I have to say is in the report, PLUS, in case you didnt understand what we said in writing: If we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so.
So what we have here is a report that was delivered in late March, followed by two months of Democratic leadership saying we need to hear from Mueller and a statement today that basically amounts to
a) no you dont, what I have to say is in the report,
b) we did not exonerate the President on obstruction; if there was no crime we would have said so and
c) the Constitution requires a process other than through the criminal justice system to find a president guilty of a crime.
Thats called impeachment. Your move, Speaker Pelosi.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)House to begin Impeachment in earnest. Not sure what Mueller saying it again does, but maybe some folks will take notice.
It now becomes more risky to subpoena Mueller, given his signaling that the guide to what's impeachable is already in the report.
Public opinion is one our side now! Waiting for another smoking gun before moving forward may backfire.
It's on - we either constitutional processes to address a rogue presidency or face the graver consequences of inaction.
bdamomma
(63,562 posts)committees keep on investigating until the election next year, and leave it up to the electorate. By then who even knows what kind of government/country we will have.
They need to get the inquiry moving.
uponit7771
(90,193 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,226 posts)Hes not saying he wont do it, but he would not add anything to what has been written.
uponit7771
(90,193 posts)... near the end of his presser multiple times and was very clear at telling congress to pound sand.
There are hundreds of rational questions about the report that need to be answered RIGHT NOW if we're still vulnerable.
I'm not totally done with Mueller but I'm damn close.
BeyondGeography
(39,226 posts)If we choose to act. Flogging Mueller for more at this point smacks of a delaying tactic more than anything else.
uponit7771
(90,193 posts)... those through Mueller.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)But many people think the public needs to hear it
Two different things
uponit7771
(90,193 posts)... hundreds of questions surrounding the report that need to be answered that the report gives no clue of.
People who've read the report fully have rational questions about process's etc that Mueller can answer
NewJeffCT
(56,827 posts)People will watch the movie or TV show, but not read the book.
Just having Mueller on the stand reading excerpts from the report will reach an audience probably 100 times bigger than the audience that read the report or listened to the audiobook.
bluestarone
(16,641 posts)When the House starts the inquires it's possible this will be discovered. The rethugs plan is to STRETCH this out but time will run out on them i feel. Wonder if Mueller will testify as to HOW this all ended? I almost feel we should start with BARR! WE WILL WIN THIS!
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,839 posts)It was very clear.