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Hillary Clinton Calls on Congress to Use Mueller Report as 'Road Map'

posted onApril 25, 2019
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Article snippet: “Our election was corrupted, our democracy assaulted, our sovereignty and security violated. This is the definitive conclusion of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report. It documents a serious crime against the American people,” she wrote. Clinton’s op-ed, published in the Washington Post, comes during a raging debate among Democrats on whether to try to impeach President Trump based on Mueller’s report, which recommended no charges related to Russian collusion or obstruction. Clinton said the debate about “how to hold President Trump accountable for obstructing the investigation and possibly breaking the law” has been reduced to a “false choice” — “immediate impeachment or nothing.” She appealed to Democrats and Republicans to use Mueller’s report as a “road map.” “What our country needs now is clear-eyed patriotism, not reflexive partisanship. Whether they like it or not, Republicans in Congress share the constitutional responsibility to protect the country. Mueller’s report leaves many unanswered questions — in part because of Attorney General William P. Barr’s redactions and obfuscations. But it is a road map,” he said. “It’s up to members of both parties to see where that road map leads — to the eventual filing of articles of impeachment, or not. Either way, the nation’s interests will be best served by putting party and political considerations aside and being deliberate, fair and fearless,” she wrote. She recommended that Congress hold “substantive... Link to the full article to read more

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