Democrats said the report contained disturbing evidence of wrongdoing by Trump that could fuel congressional investigations, but there was no immediate indication they would try to remove him from office through impeachment.
Trump appeared to be in a celebratory mood, saying at a White House event with wounded US troops he was"having a good day" following the report's release, adding,"It's called no collusion, no obstruction." "The President's efforts to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful, but that is largely because the persons who surrounded the President declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests," the report stated.
Trump was wary of FBI scrutiny of his campaign and him personally, the report said."The evidence does indicate that a thorough FBI investigation would uncover facts about the campaign and the president personally that the president could have understood to be crimes or that would give rise to personal and political concerns," the report stated.
The House, when it voted to impeach President Bill Clinton in 1998, included obstruction of justice as one of the charges.The Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Jerrold Nadler, said he would issue subpoenas to obtain the unredacted Mueller report and asked Mueller to testify before the panel by May 23.
In June 2017, Trump directed White House counsel Don McGahn to tell the Justice Department's No. 2 official, Rod Rosenstein, that Mueller had conflicts of interest and must be removed, the report said. "There are these dramatic episodes of presidential attempts to interfere with the Mueller investigation, and I think people would like to hear from a number of officials involved. White House counsel McGahn jumps out as an important witness," he toldIt also said there was"substantial evidence" Trump fired James Comey as FBI director in May 2017 due to his"unwillingness to publicly state that the president was not personally under investigation.
Seriously malaysiakini?!!! Thats what u learned from the report? Stop parroting talking points of biased media like reuters...have ur own voice and brain please
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