US President Donald Trump says the decision on special counsel Robert Mueller testifying before Congress about his Russia election meddling report will be left to the US Attorney General.
Washington - Whether or not US special counsel Robert S. Mueller III will testify before Congress about his Russia election meddling report will be left to Attorney General William P. Barr, President Donald Trump said Thursday.
Trump then again falsely stated that Mueller's report "fully exonerated" him. The report, in fact, states the special counsel was unable to clear the president on obstruction of justice.Democrats in Congress strongly disagree, as their investigations of Trump's Russia connections and questions about obstruction of justice continue as relations between the two sides worsen.
"He's done this previously, in terms of spending decisions, he's done it in other ways, in terms of the reach and scope of his executive orders," Coons told CNN. In what became one part mini-press conference and another part one of his political rallies, the president addressed a range of topics. One of those crises is North Korea, which U.S. and South Korean intelligence officials say fired two missiles overnight. Trump called them "short-range missiles."
"I think it'll be a very strong day frankly," he said of the evening meeting. "It was their idea to come back."
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