After several members of his administration said they would welcome Robert Mueller testifying before Congress about whether or not Barr concluded correctly from his report, el Presidente Trumpo says NO!
After spending more than $35,000,000 over a two year period, interviewing 500 people, using 18 Trump Hating Angry Democrats & 49 FBI Agents – all culminating in a more than 400 page Report showing NO COLLUSION – why would the Democrats in Congress now need Robert Mueller…….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2019
….to testify. Are they looking for a redo because they hated seeing the strong NO COLLUSION conclusion? There was no crime, except on the other side (incredibly not covered in the Report), and NO OBSTRUCTION. Bob Mueller should not testify. No redos for the Dems!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2019
In fact, Trump himself said that he wouldn’t care would leave it up to Barr as to whether it was a good idea for Mueller testified:
President Donald Trump on Friday said he wouldn’t prevent former special counsel Robert Mueller from testifying before Congress, telling reporters he would leave that decision up to Attorney General William Barr.
Barr said this week that he wouldn’t prevent Mueller from testifying.
Talking to reporters alongside the prime minister of the Slovak Republic, Trump was asked whether he would “like to see Mueller testify.”
“That’s up to our attorney general, who I think has done a fantastic job,” the president replied.
Update: Everybody’s freaking out about what I said. Geez. It’s not as if Trump came out and said that Barr told him it was a good idea. I guess I’m supposed to assume that he carefully and thoughtfully considered his tweet, just like he does every other tweet, right? Riiiight.
I’m not sure what the point of this is. Can he block Mueller’s testimony? Doesn’t seem like it. Also, I thought they were trying to get to the bottom of the nefarious reasons why the investigation was begun in the first place – wouldn’t having Mueller testify help them get to the bottom of that?
In any case, the Dems are already seeking it:
And so is Lindsey Graham, from two days ago:
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is inviting special counsel Robert Mueller to testify about his phone call with Attorney General William Barr in which the two discussed Barr’s four-page memo outlining the conclusions of Mueller’s Russia probe.
Graham sent Mueller a letter on Friday asking him if he would like to testify about “any misrepresentation” of the call, following Barr’s remarks on the issue during his Judiciary Committee hearing this week.
“Please inform the Committee if you would like to provide testimony regarding any misrepresentation by the Attorney General of the substance of that phone call,” Graham said in a letter to Mueller.
Damnable traitor!!! I guess. Actually I’m not sure what Twitter is saying about this yet. But it’s probably traitorous. Like everything else is.