When Robert Mueller testifies to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, Democratic lawm...
WASHINGTON - When Robert Mueller testifies to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, Democratic lawmakers are expected to try to pin down the former special counsel on a crucial question: did he intend for them to carry on where he left off in his investigation of President Donald Trump and the Russians?
The report found that Russia interfered with a campaign of hacking and propaganda in the 2016 presidential election to boost Trump’s candidacy. It found that people in Trump’s election campaign had numerous contacts with Russians. But it concluded there was insufficient evidence to establish a criminal conspiracy between Trump’s team and Moscow.
Mueller himself has criticized Barr’s initial public account of the report’s conclusions, saying in a letter that the attorney general did not fully capture the context, nature and substance of the investigation. Barr’s initial description of the conclusions was contained in a March 24 letter to Congress that prompted Trump to claim “complete and total exoneration.” The report was not released until April 18.
House Democrats are deeply divided over whether to launch the impeachment process set out in the U.S. Constitution for Congress to remove a president from office for “high crimes and misdemeanors.” Longstanding U.S. Justice Department policy bars criminal charges against a sitting president.Democrats will be keen to pry out of Mueller any indication of whether his work on the obstruction issue was meant to furnish Congress with evidence for subsequent investigations.
The report describes a series of episodes relating to potential obstruction of justice by Trump, especially his efforts to oust Mueller. The report said the special counsel sought to “preserve the evidence” in case of future investigations.
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