Robert Mueller is pushing back against Republican attacks with a forceful defense of his report on the Trump-Russia investigation.
Mueller testified earlier in Congress that he doesn’t think the lawmakers have reviewed “a report that is as thorough, as fair, as consistent as the report that we have in front of us.”
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies before the House Judiciary Committee about his report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election in the Rayburn House Office Building July 24, 2019 in Washington, DC.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
The former special counsel is making his first major public appearance on the findings of his office’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election and President Donald Trump’s response to the investigation.
The report says investigators could not exonerate Trump on obstruction of justice. It also said they did not find sufficient evidence to establish charges of criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Mueller has been a reluctant witness before the House Judiciary Committee, delivering single-word answers to many questions. But in response to Republican Rep. Tom McClintock of California, he gave a full-sentence defense of his 448-page report.
— AP
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