Mueller just said he never said Trump was not guilty. He said that a foreign government did try

[still_one]

to interfere with our election.

He made it very clear that a sitting president cannot be indicted, and that the president would need to be out of office for that to occur.

Ball is in the House's court.

Impeachment or not

[Hoyt]

1. That was all in Barr's original 4 page letter. Mueller wimped out and provided more cover for

trump and Barr. Disgusting.

[Chin music]

3. Gosh dang it.

Ugh.

[still_one]

6. He didn't exonerate Trump. He said it was up to Congress to impeach or not

Nothing new, except it does provide added pressure on Congress

[bdamomma]

8. we need to put pressure on Congress.

that's it, we need to step up.

[still_one]

12. Exactly!!!

[Hoyt]

9. Barr said that in March. Nothing new today to spur Congress to act.

Congress should act, but there was absolutely nothing new today that might cause Congress to move forward. Worse, Mueller said if Congress makes him testify, what we heard today is what he will say.

[still_one]

15. The public statement that Trump was not exonerated and that there was foreign interference puts

increased pressure on the House for impeachment. There is no ambiguity there

If the public puts enough pressure on their representatives to pursue impeachment, it might just happen

[Hoyt]

19. That was in Barr's letter two months ago. That didn't spur Congress to Impeach.

Agree, that if public puts pressure on representatives, that might work. But, it hasn't yet. In fact, polls clearly show the majority of people don't seem interested in Impeachment.

Maybe it helped for Mueller to say it today, but it didn't help when it was in writing 2 months ago.

[still_one]

20. I understand your point, but this was from the horses mouth so to speak, and that has more

impact

[Hoyt]

21. I hope so, but I would have thought Barr saying it would have caused the House to begin

Impeachment in earnest -- OK, Mr. AG, we'll fulfill Mueller's implied recommendation.

Personally, I'm not sure Pelosi has the votes, and we all know the Senate isn't going to convict unless the polls suddenly swing to 65 to 70% of the electorate believe trump should be removed from office. Don't see that happening, but we can hope.

[LanternWaste]

14. How specifically did Mueller provide cover for trump?

Supported analysis or merely an emotional reaction?

[Hoyt]

22. Well, Barr said the same thing over 2 months ago in his 4 page letter, and Impeachment has

not proceeded in earnest. Barr's letter reduced the pressure for Impeachment, and I don't see anything Mueller said today increasing pressure.

You can call it "emotional" or whatever you want, but I don't think Mueller said one thing today to move us closer to Impeachment, since it was said by Barr, in the redacted report, and Mueller said that's what I am going to say if I have to appear before Congress. And all that had no impact on Impeachment.

[abqtommy]

2. Impeach! Impeach! Impeach the Sunny Beach!...

...sounds better to me every day!

[Bluepinky]

4. A foreign government interfered with our election, not tried to.

And the foreign government was aided by the Republican Party and its presidential candidate, Donald Trump. He needs to be impeached. If he’s not impeached and cheats his way to a second term, there may be no way to stop him.

[still_one]

16. Absolutely no abmiguity there, and the other take away was that the President was NOT exonerated of

any crimes, contrary to what trump has said

[rampartc]

5. it is nowhere plain that a sitting president is above the law ("ca not be indicted")

but if impeachment is the only remedy, " lets roll"

[still_one]

10. He made it clear by the DOJ that was the constraint he had to follow. There is no use debating that

because that won't go anywhere

However, he clearly did not exonerate Trump of wrong doing, and definitely said there was for interference, and as you said, if you want to indict a sitting president, he needs to be removed from office by impeachment, and as you said, it is up to Congress to do their job

[bdamomma]

7. That is what it is boiling down too

this is in the House's court.

Trump and his criminal posse are continuing to screw us and our country. Putin must be ecstatic.

[still_one]

11. The only way House will introduce Articles of Impeachment is with enough public pressure

[bdamomma]

13. exactly

if those criminals think we will let this go, they are really delusional. tRump is a cornered rat, and so are the rest of them.

[still_one]

17. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[bdamomma]

18. we need to show these criminals

that some of us are awake, they (the thugs) discredit us tremendously. We blew them away in Nov. 2018 we need to do that again, and not wait until November 2020 we will have no country then.