Mueller report is blow to US Democrats' plans to probe Trump

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U.S. Attorney General William Barr leaves his house after Special Counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence of collusion between U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia in the 2016 election in McClean, Virginia, U.S., March 25, 2019. Picture: REUTERS / JOSHUA ROBERTS

“Bad day for those hoping the Mueller investigation would take President Trump down,” Republican senator Lindsey Graham observed. Other Democrats tweeted about the need to curb gun violence and impose tougher constraints on offshore oil drilling. All they needed was a stinging condemnation from Mueller of Trump's behavior to give their probes liftoff.

All through last year's congressional election campaigns, Pelosi warned that any impeachment effort against Trump would fail unless Republicans joined Democrats in the effort.

 

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