Otherwise, they're just totally thumbing their nose at the objective of FOIA, the American public is going to become totally disillusioned.

Robert Mueller

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I would think that is something they would and should do. by Robert Mueller

I would think that is something they would and should do.

I don't know the answer to that. by Robert Mueller

I don't know the answer to that.

Could you charge the President with a crime after he left office... by Robert Mueller

Could you charge the President with a crime after he left office ?

I stand where I did on impeachment, i think there are impeachable offenses that the President should be tried for but I think it's something that the House has to come about in an orderly way so that the American people understand that this is not done for political reasons.

We strove to hire those individuals that could do the job, i have been in this business for almost 25 years. And in those 25 years I have not had occasion, once, to ask somebody about their political affiliation. It is not done. What I care about is the capability of the individual to do the job and do the job quickly and seriously and with integrity.

My staff and I carried out this assignment with that critical objective in mind : to work quietly, thoroughly, and with integrity so that the public would have full confidence in the outcome.

As I said on May 29 : the report is my testimony. And I will stay... by Robert Mueller

As I said on May 29 : the report is my testimony. And I will stay within that text.

I'd like to go back to one thing that was said this morning by Mr. Lieu who said and I quote,' You didn't charge the President because of the OLC opinion.' That is not the correct way to say it, as we say in the report and as I said at the opening, we did not reach a determination as to whether the President committed a crime.

Russians massively intervened in 2016 and they are prepared to do so again in voting that is set to begin a mere eight months from now.

Im going to pass on that, why? by Robert Mueller

Im going to pass on that, why?

Because it embroils us in a legal discussion, im not prepared to deal with a legal discussion in that arena.

Yes, you believe that he committed -- you could charge the president of the United States with obstruction of justice after he left office?

I want to add one correction to my testimony this morning, i want to go back to one thing that was said this morning by Mr. Lieu, who said and I quote, You didnt charge the President because of the OLC opinion. That is not the correct way to say it. As we say in the report and as I said at the opening, we did not reach a determination as to whether the President committed a crime. Ahead of Muellers testimony, Trump ranted about the former special prosecutor and hisinvestigation in a series of eight tweets. Among them, Trump said.

I hope and expect this will be the only time I will speak to you in this manner, it's important the office's written work speaks for itself.

If we had had confidence that the President clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so, we did not, however, make a determination as to whether the President did commit a crime.

It's important the office's written work speaks for itself, the r... by Robert Mueller

It's important the office's written work speaks for itself, the report is my testimony.

It's not yet clear whether House Democrats will try to force the issue to bring Robert Mueller before Congress. Asked Wednesday if House Democrats would subpoena Mueller for House Democrats testimony, Jerry Nadler said :.

The' story' tends to get lost. A theatrical event like this makes the story very clear and easy to understand. It gives focus and emotion.

I'm going to get a very strong briefing on it. I'll see. But it seems to me to be very unfair, it's called freedom of speech.

Charging the president with a crime was ... not an option we could consider, we concluded that we would not reach a determination one way or the other about whether the president committed a crime.