Trump’s response to the Mueller report was another example of the president’s ability to spin a narrative that paints him as both winner and victim.
President Trump’s response to the special counsel's report was another example of his ability to spin a narrative that paints him as both winner and victim.
After saying for months that Mueller was biased because of personal conflicts and describing the entire probe as a Democratic-inspired hoax and witch hunt, Trump has embraced its conclusions as legitimate and said Monday that Mueller acted “honorably” and that the investigation “was 100% the way it should’ve been.”
For Trump, the past few days have unfolded as among the most satisfying of his presidency. First, he was cleared by Mueller of collusion with Russia; on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared Trump’s support for Israel to Cyrus the Great; and then attorney Michael Avenatti, one of Trump’s loudest adversaries, was arrested on charges of extortion and bank fraud.
Republicans also targeted Rep. Adam B. Schiff , chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, who had suggested previously that there was evidence of collusion. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy called for Schiff to step down from the post, and White House senior advisor Kellyanne Conway said on Fox News that he needs to resign for “peddling a lie.”
Despite Mueller’s finding of no collusion, Democrats insisted that the investigations into the presidency have every right to continue. They demanded Mueller testify before Congress to ensure that the report was completed without political interference.that he wouldn’t file obstruction charges against his boss. And they plan to continue a series of other investigations by the House Judiciary Committee that have nothing to do with the Russia investigation.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had already largely taken the idea of impeachment off the table. Weeks before the Mueller report was filed, she said she opposed impeachment unless overwhelming evidence prompted a bipartisan effort — a comment that took the wind out of some progressive Democrats’ sails at the time but proved prescient when Mueller’s report included no new indictments.
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