jesseriley wrote:
I know the Constitution is a bad word to trumpers, but Mueller has suggested a congressional investigation & dems are going to accommodate him, with a notable absence of sadness.
Republicans have one message following the conclusion of Robert Mueller’s probe: Move on.
With no criminal charges against the president, many GOP lawmakers on Thursday gleefully watched Attorney General William Barr repeat their oft-repeated lines of “no collusion” to a national audience.
Even before the formal release of Mueller’s 400-page report — which contained damaging information about President Donald Trump — congressional Republicans celebrated the end to a nearly two-year investigation that has hung like a dark cloud over Trump’s presidency. And they’re ready to turn it into the first day of their 2020 election.
A picture tweeted out by Trump, set to a “Game of Thrones” style backdrop, summed it up: “Game over.”
"Democrats want to keep searching for imaginary evidence that supports their claims, but it is simply not there," House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said in a statement. The House's No. 2 Republican, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), added that Democrats "ought to apologize to the American people."
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), a key Trump ally on Capitol Hill, added in an interview that the lack of charges from Mueller's team should put an abrupt end to Democratic investigations on Capitol Hill.
“Prosecutors have one job, and that’s to prosecute and indict,” Meadows said.. “And if Bob Mueller in two-and-a-half years of investigation — which includes both the FBI and special prosecutor’s time — doesn’t bring charges, I don’t know how much longer we need to be talking about collusion and obstruction.”