Mueller: President Trump was not exonerated; Mueller: President can be charged after leaving office; At least 92 House Dems support impeachment inquiry into Trump

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 24 July 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Mueller refuses to say if his report recommends impeachment; Some 2020 Dems renew impeachment calls after Mueller testimony; Trump's first reaction: "We had a very good day today"; Trump after Mueller testimony: "Today proved a lot to everybody"; Following Mueller testimony, Senate Dems to push for legislation to secure election; Mueller's testimony repeatedly refutes claims made by Trump; Mueller's testimony contradicts Trump's repeated claims of "total exoneration"; First Trump comments after testimony from Robert MuellerTo learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is CNN breaking news.
0:04.0	And welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper, a historic day on Capitol Hill, former Special
0:09.8	Council and FBI Director Robert Mueller testifying before the House Judiciary Committee and the House Intelligence Committee spelling out his team's findings for the American public and directly contradicting the President Trump at times,
0:22.0	Trump who despite decrying the investigation as a witch hunt and a hoax
0:26.2	has claimed complete and total exoneration. But today, Mueller said the President has not been exoneratedated and it was not a witch hunt.
0:34.7	Mueller this afternoon also clarifying some of his testimony from earlier in the day making clear
0:39.2	his team did not make a determination as to whether President Trump committed the crime of obstruction of justice.
0:45.3	And though Mueller did say it's true a president could be prosecuted after he leaves office,
0:50.7	he refused to say whether his report recommended impeachment on the question of potential
0:55.0	conspiracy between Russia and the Trump campaign, Mueller once again affirmed that there was not
1:00.0	sufficient evidence to charge any member of the Trump campaign with taking part in any
1:05.3	criminal conspiracy with Russia.
1:07.0	Mueller's brief at times halting answers and refusal to speculate on many issues was surely
1:12.1	not what many Democrats were hoping for
1:14.3	though there was at least one time when Mueller seemed to go outside the boundaries
1:18.1	of his report weighing in on comments from President Trump as a candidate about WikiLeaks.
1:25.0	This just came out WikiLeaks.
1:26.6	I love WikiLeaks.
1:27.7	Donald Trump, October 10th, 2016.
1:30.8	This WikiLeaks stuff is unbelievable. It tells you the inner heart. You got to read it.
1:36.4	Donald Trump, October 12, 2016. This WikiLeaks is like a treasure trove.
1:42.4	Donald Trump, October 31st, 2016.
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