I just opened up the Fox News website. Top Headline:
“Bob Stirs the Pot”
Followed by:
“Mueller makes rare appearance to resign, and fuels more Dem impeachment talk”
No mention of Trump, of course.
Interesting turn of phrase, especially in this age of “witch-hunts” and “counter witch-hunts”.
It seems that Mueller has effectively told Congress “Look, I just wrote a 400-page report naming the people involved with any potential misdeeds. Why talk to me and hear it third hand again? Subpoena them and grill 'em.”
Even if Congress just questions Mueller and he repeats the words of the report, that could have tremendous value, because quotable recorded video is much more influential to the public in the short and medium term than text.
Their legal guy, Judge Napolitano, says:
“Mueller’s Message Opened a Door…”
And he linked to the following (non-Fox News) article:
"Fox News legal analyst Andrew Napolitano said there was one pretty clear message from Robert Mueller: “The president can’t be indicted, otherwise we would’ve indicted him.”
Mueller made it clear — as was previously laid out in his final report — that if they were confident President Donald Trump had not committed a crime, they would have said so.
Napolitano said “that opens the door for the Democrats the pounce” because Mueller’s message was basically “We had evidence that he [Trump] committed a crime, but we couldn’t charge him because he’s the President of the United States.”
He said it’s “stronger than the language in his report” and doubled as a “parting shot” at Attorney General William Barr."
“And you couldn’t have let me know that before I walked fifty miles on a brick road in heels, bitch?”
Here’s Ari Melber’s thoughts:
I like both Booker and Harris, but fuck them. Take a god damn moral stand without (additional) cover. Mueller didn’t say anything he didn’t say in his report, if they had read it. I’m beginning to think that possibly Amash may be the only one in either house who did.
In a way, I agree. In a way, I don’t. This is still a visual age, not a reading one, so having Mueller himself up there saying “If I could’ve exonerated him, I would’ve” does matter. Hell, it even changed Dotard’s tune!
Again, not knowing what his position was before this, Pete Buttigieg is now pro-impeachment:
I love this tweet in response to Trump’s tweet after Mueller’s statement:
Gillibrand says “ALL ABOARD” the impeachment train:
The “anti-Trump” side has pretty much hogged the spotlight recently in this thread. Thus, the pro-Trump side is not represented! In the spirit of fairness and equal time, we should step back for a few minutes and give them some room to make their case.
Why?
(He be making a fun nee.)
It’ll be interesting to see how the public reacts to Mueller’s comments – probably negatively for a few days before going back to watching sports or reality TV.
Those who are on the fence re impeachment want to impeach his ass - they just need a better reason to do it. This might be that reason:
Trump is fighting wars on multiple fronts, and I don’t think his insane clown posse has any goddamn clue what’s about to hit them. We’re headed for a recession.
Cute…Although even it doesn’t really capture the full measure of it, since the technicality is that the President can’t be found guilty as a matter of principle…It’s not just any technicality.
Or even
“As set forth in the report, after that investigation, if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. We did not.”
Means the same as:
“As set forth in the report, after that investigation, if we had had confidence that we could clear the president of a crime, we would have said so. We did not.”
A pundit on CNN held the opinion that no prosecutor ever exonerates anyone – they either indict, or they don’t. Therefore, Trump is as free & clear as anyone could ever be.
Well, no … that’s stupid. Because the President is Special.
Using that logic, every investigation of a president would result in exoneration, because indictment is off the table. That’s why Mueller had to send in the punt team, and remind Congress of their constitutional duty.
Yeah, I can think of cases where people were exonerated. The Duke lacrosse players in the rape case about 10 years ago, for one. The North Carolina Attorney General declared them innocent.
And, how many people have been exonerated by DNA evidence?
Obama’s err, Hillary’s… err… Biden’s fault! Ya, that’s the ticket! The economy would have been great, if it wasn’t for that Damn Bidan. Bidem. Whatever.