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[Claritie Pixie]

1. Why so ugly and harsh?

It's Congress's job to carry on from here, and up to us to force them to do it.

The report is a blueprint for them to nail the charlatan.

[triron]

3. Mueller bent over backwards to muddle things up.

[emmaverybo]

27. Actually he broke protocol and procedure which holds that if a subject is not indicted, nothing more

should be mentioned. Today, Mueller did state that 1) could not exonerate him 2) did not indict only in accordance with DOJ policy.

[Fullduplexxx]

5. Because he could have and should have said more

[Claritie Pixie]

6. Like what - his opinion? Don't need that right now.

If we're going to nail the charlatan's ass to the wall, has to be based on evidence and facts, needs to be airtight.

Mueller's work gives Congress the start.

His opinion or personal thoughts do not matter.

[MFM008]

30. perhaps he intends to

in testimony. He might not WANT to testify
but we all KNOW its going to happen.

[uponit7771]

20. Mueller's here does NOT help ANYONE

https://www.vox.com/2019/5/29/18644237/robert-mueller-remarks-transcript

"And the report is my testimony. I would not provide information beyond that which is already public in any appearance before congress"

[Ilsa]

2. I would have liked to hear Mueller say that

Barr had misrepresented the report's conclusions. But he didn't want to say anything controversial, I guess.

[StarfishSaver]

15. He doesn't need to say it

The report speaks for itself and everyone heard what Barr said about it.

[Claritie Pixie]

8. So you disagree with asking Americans to do their duty as citizens?

Agree it's up to us and if people are too lazy to read, inform themselves (and others who can't read it) and then pressure congress, we can't blame Mueller.

There are no saviors who will do it for us.

[CatWoman]

34. Can't speak for her

but this thread is

[wasupaloopa]

12. No need to excuse him. Read what he said about the OLC.

You can disagree but you could not have done differently.

[wasupaloopa]

33. Like I aud, Mueller was an employee of the Justice eprtment and was subject to rules.

You won't accept that but I take Mueller's actions to be the right thing.

[StarfishSaver]

16. The only people who think he's an honest broker are those who already want Trump out

People who still think Trump should remain in office think Mueller is a tool of the "deep state."

So hearing him say Trump instructed justice won't change much.

[eShirl]

7. bs

[marble falls]

9. BS. "If I found the President not guilty of covering up, I would have written it in my report."

He was the investigator not the court. Now its in the hands of state and district courts all over the US. More importantly now it is officially there in Congress's hands, too.

I think we need to beat Trump at the ballot box in November 2020, tying him up with proceedings will eat him alive. We will take the WH, we need to generate a huge turnout to maybe take a couple of Senate seats and any and all down ticket offices, down to dog catcher and constable we can.

[HopeAgain]

26. Beat him at the ballot box?

The fact that Mueller's parting warning is going to be ignored, it's very possible we won't have free and fair elections anymore.

[marble falls]

36. Why would you think that votings been fixed but a Republican Senate will vote to impeach?

[wasupaloopa]

10. He had to wait until he left the Justice Dept. Not his call.

[struggle4progress]

13. Wow ... that's ugly ... and so unnecessary

[fishwax]

14. I don't think there is much ambiguity in the "not not-guilty"

It's either A (evidence suggests he committed the crime), B (evidence suggests he didn't commit the crime), or C (evidence is insufficient to really suggest either). Mueller has said that under no circumstances and no matter how compelling the evidence, he would not be able to say A, but that he can definitively rule out B and it is also not C.

It's not really all that difficult to connect those dots.

It's like the old "If you can't say anything nice about someone, then don't say anything at all" cliche. If you ask a person their opinion of someone else, and they answer with that phrase, then they have made a clear statement of their opinion of that person.

[cynatnite]

17. Damn, people sure do turn ugly when they don't get exactly what they want. n/t

[cynatnite]

21. I won't blame Mueller for that...

He did his job. He said in his report that the next step is up to congress. He said that in his statement.

He's not the bad guy here. You just wanted him to be pissed, make melodramatic and hyperbolic statements. That didn't happen and now you're crying foul.

It's up to Pelosi and congress to do their jobs. That's whose feet we should hold the fire.

[cynatnite]

23. He told congress to do their job...that's the basic gist of it...

I guess nothing will satisfy you or others unless he walks into the oval office and slaps the cuffs on tRump, then frog march him down Pennsylvania Avenue. It's a nice image, but totally unrealistic.

Mueller isn't the one making the country languish.

It's the fucking repubs for being complicit and aiding tRump rather than working for the good of this country.

The Dems need to get busy and start impeachment proceedings.

Your assessment is misplaced.

[cynatnite]

25. ROFLMAO!!!!

You're hilarious if that's what you got out of his statement and his very damning report.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

28. They sure do, especially when they don't seem to understand what they did get.

[MarcA]

29. Mueller has his interests to protect as before.

Could have been someone better or someone worse.

[RelativelyJones]

31. I find this very unfair to Mueller

[Kaleva]

32. Rather silly to think that Mueller could have changed RW and Fox viewer minds

[samnsara]

35. good heavens!!!