"Equivalent To A War Vote"

The Investigation

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3.6 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

With less than 24 hours to go before Robert Mueller's anticipated testimony on Capitol Hill, "The Investigation" sits down with one of the members of the House Judiciary who will ask the special counsel questions - Congressman David Cicilline: "I think it's deadly serious and I think that's how the hearing will proceed." As for his thoughts on Mueller's final report, the Rhode Island Congressman sums it up: "The evidence he collected is explosive and damning and very, very disturbing." And when it comes to impeachment proceedings, Cicilline tells "The Investigation" it is a "serious undertaking... in my mind equivalent to a war vote."

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0:00.0	Welcome to the investigation. I'm Chris Flasto, senior executive producer here at ABC News,
0:12.0	and I'm joined by my colleagues, John Santucci and Catherine Fulters. Joining us today is Congressman
0:16.5	David Sasselini, one of the first congressman to call for an impeachment inquiry and is also a
0:21.7	member of the Judiciary Committee. And Congressman, you have said that you anticipate Mueller's
0:28.0	testimony tomorrow to be, it's going to be a very sobering hearing. I mean, what do you mean by
0:33.9	that? What do you, what do you expect to Bob Mueller to do? What I mean is this is, I think, will be the first time that the majority of the American
0:41.5	people will have the opportunity to actually hear directly from Mr. Mueller about what is
0:46.6	in his report. I mean, he conducted an investigation for 22 months, and I think he's going
0:51.7	to recount the serious misconduct of the president,
0:55.4	such as the president attempting to fire the special counsel and directing his legal counsel
1:01.1	to do that.
1:02.1	That legal counsel, Don McGahn, refused, and then he asked Don McGahn to lie about it and
1:06.7	he can prepare a false document.
1:08.9	They'll hear Mr. Mala talk about Corey Lewandowski, a third party not in the administration.
1:14.9	And the president directed him to tell the Attorney General of the United States to tell the special counsel to limit his investigation to future presidential elections and not examine the 2016 election. Those are just two examples of
1:29.8	serious misconduct by the president. I think it will be an opportunity for Mr. Mueller to really
1:35.1	walk the committee and the American people through the report. But the reason I say it's sober is
1:41.0	because these are very serious allegations. This is very serious misconduct.
1:46.3	And for most people, it was really the first time that they hear about the contents of the report.
1:53.1	But don't you think we already know it?
1:55.4	Don't you think it's already, he's a guy that's going to just, he's a by the book prosecutor
2:00.0	and who's going to sit there. And when anyone asks a question, he's going to just, he's a by the book prosecutor and who's going to sit there.
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