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About him. then he went out of his way to say he doesn't question the, quote, good faith of attorney general bill barr, his boss. that is huge because democrats in congress have tried to line up an attack on barr as the front edge of their allegations against what they call a corrupt trump administration and its attempts to obstruct. mr. mueller just brushed that back. he also did something else that may be disappointing to people and congress may make a decision whether to demand testimony, he said if you make me talk, i'm going to read you back this report. that's it. he said it more artfull...

The case. the argument he can't say anything beyond the 448 pages of the report just strikes me as untrue. there are major questions that have to be answered. what i did hear mueller saying pretty clearly is i'm not going to be your messiah. i'm not going to deliver a verdict. all all impeachment cases, this is a conflict of legal and political issues and ethical judgments that only congress itself can resolve. people keep looking to bob mueller to sort of give us the answer and he demurred. >> california democratic kamala harris who spoke a few moments

The obstruction side he contradicted things that the attorney general has said. on obstruction, when bill barr held his press conference releasing the report, he was asked point blank did the special counsel not make a determination because he thought it ought to be left to congress. barr said i hope that's not what he's doing, it's the job of prosecutors to make the determinatio determinations. i think mueller made clear in his statement that the constitution leaves it to congress. because of that constitutional requirement and the justice department policy it would have been unfair for him t...

The department's written opinion explaining the policy makes several important points that further informed our handling of the obstruction investigation. those points are summarized in our report and i will describe two of them for you. first, the opinion explicitly permits the investigation of a sitting president, because it is important to preserve evidence while memories are fresh and documents available. among other things, that evidence could be used if there were co-conspirators who could be charged now. and second, the opinion says that the constitution requires a process other than th...

Cheering anything that robert mueller has to say, based on their actions and their words over the last several months since the report was completed. >> we'll stand by to get reaction from the white house as soon as mueller finishes his statement. evan perez, you cover the jpt for us, as well. what are you hearing? >> well, wolf, i think a lot of people are taking note of the fact that the attorney general is out of town. but i should note that his immediate boss, robert mueller's immediate boss, who is the deputy attorney general, jeffrey rosen, he's in the office. he's actually still near wa...