what is it? is it a legal document we have talked about all along and the forceful document all attorneys actually use or a discussion starter? is it to help our standing in court or is it we don t want it ignored? at this time, it is amazing to me that the accommodation process, and we talk about the committee and the chairman talked about our oversight. i agree with the chairman on this point, this committee and all committees have oversight, but it s also the sacred responsibility of the chairman and the majority to use it properly and to not headlong rush into subpoenas when you don t get what you want. when we don t get what we want, we subpoena. the first was the acting attorney general. we subpoenaed andthen backed off. everything has become a race to get a headline. the accommodation process, not happening. the accommodation process, never here. so don t be fooled. you may have come, you may have an opinion that says everything is wrong with the mueller report and the president
the special counsel found mr. mcgahn to be, quote, a credible witness with no motive to lie or exaggerate given the position he held in the white house, close quote. that s from the mueller report. the special counsel also found the following quote, substantial evidence indicates that by june 17th, 2017, the president knew his conduct was under investigation by a federal prosecutor who could present any evidence of federal crimes to a grand jury. substantial evidence indicates that the president s attempts to remove the special counsel were linked to the special counsel s oversight of investigations that involved the president s conduct. and most immediately, to reports that the president was being investigated for potential obstruction of justice. substantial evidence indicates that these were all quotes from the report, substantial evidence indicates that in repeatedly urging mcgahn to dispute that he was ordered to have the special
pushing in defiance of their leadership to begin an impeachment inquiry. does mccgahn s nonappearance today in effect give more ammunition to them? essentially, yes. a number of democrats i have spoken to from top members rank and file members, all say it s time to start an impeachment inquiry. do you believe that it s an impeachment inquiry is warranted now given the stonewalling from the administration? i think the administration is certainly pushing the congress in that direction. i think it s time. yeah, i think it is. i was hoping we would hear from mcgahn and mueller, but it doesn t look like that s going to happen. so those members have some influence with the democratic leadership, and also some who are very out spoken, including freshman member like alexandria
in early 2018, after press reports described the president s attempt to force mr. mcgahn to remove the special counsel on his behalf, the president repeated his pattern. he summoned mr. mcgahn to his office and got angry. quote, this story doesn t look good. you need to correct this. you re the white house counsel. close quote. president trump told mr. mcgahn. what about these notes? why do you take notes? the president said to mr. mcgahn. inquiring why mr. mcgahn had documented their conversation. the president then told mr. mcgahn to tell the american people something that was not true. he asked him to deny those reports publicly. mr. mcgahn again refused the president s order. he refused the president s order to lie to the american people on the president s behalf. six months later, the president announced that mr. mcgahn would be leaving the white house.
witness. i just am glad today to see that we don t have. the chairman orchestrated when he could have avoided it because he s more interested in the fight than fact finding. take the mueller report. more than 99% of the justice department has offered to the chairman. the attorney general who volunteered to testify before the committee, the chairman changed the rules for the first time in the committee s 200-year history thus blocking general barr from testifying. i cannot emphasize this enough. the track record does not show he wants information, he wants to fight, but not the truth. the closer he comes from obtaining information, the further we run from it. the democrats claim the witness to investigate obstruction of justice, but that investigation was already done. robert mueller spent two years running it and then closed it. we are a legislative body that does have valid congressional oversight. let s talk about that mueller report for just a second.