Trump Responds After Mueller Statement: ‘The Case Is Closed!’

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before departing the White House in Washington, DC, on May 24, 2019. - The president is traveling to Japan for a three-day official visit. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) ... US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before departing the White House in Washington, DC, on May 24, 2019. - The president is traveling to Japan for a three-day official visit. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Trump tweeted Wednesday that “nothing changes from the Mueller Report” after special counsel Robert Mueller made a rare public appearance to announce his resignation and put a bow on his two-year investigation.

As he wrote in the report, Mueller said Wednesday that Trump couldn’t be charged.

“If we had had confidence that the President clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so,” Mueller said, adding, “under long-standing department policy, a president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office.”

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  1. And now the impeachment process opens…

    Priceless…

  2. “The case is closed!”

    You wish, asshole.

  3. I think any deviation by Trump from Mueller’s succinct statement is solid proof that Trump is, in fact, delusional.

  4. …oh, and about those other dozen or so investigations…

  5. Well then - Release the full report.

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