READ: Mueller’s Full Remarks On End Of Russia Investigation

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 29: Special Counsel Robert Mueller makes a statement about the Russia investigation on May 29, 2019 at the Justice Department in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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In his first public comments in over two years, special counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday announced his resignation from the Justice Department and the completion of the federal investigation into Russia’s election interference.

Read Mueller’s full remarks below:

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  1. Not sure what is the reasoning behind Mueller lack of forcefulness. He has seen the lengths that Barr has gone to justify and protect the president including attacking his own department. So I guess none of this bothers Mueller. What is he afraid of? Getting fired? Trump insulting him on twitter?

  2. He’s clinging to the chimeric belief that an honest broker can exist in such a poisoned environment…

  3. Perhaps it has to do with the fact that his wife has to go to Bible study with Mrs. Barr on a regular basis. He basically said that he thinks the President committed a crime but it was not within his authority to do anything about it. The House is doing what they should be doing and what Mueller intended that they do, follow up his investigation with an investigation of their own. There is nothing anywhere that says that Mueller’s conclusions preempt Congressional action. To the contrary, that action is implicit in what Mueller has said.

  4. Hey Deep State, this might be a good time to leak the unredacted report.

  5. His wish to disappear now is ridiculous. After having spent a few years researching and writing a thesis (the ‘Mueller’ Report), a grad student or similar does not just hand in that thesis and walk away. They have to defend that thesis to the best of their ability in front of peers (the American people) and a committee of knowledgeable professors (Congress and its lawyers).

    Without that defense, the thesis/report will just get filed away and forgotten, which is already happening on the Repub side (except for Amash).

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