Mueller Walks Back Bombshell Answer That He Didn't Indict Trump Because He Is A Sitting President; Speaker Pelosi's Reaction; Mueller's Warnings On Russian Interference

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🗓️ 25 July 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Mueller: Pres. Trump Was Not Exonerated, This Was "Not A Witch Hunt"; Mueller: Trump Could Be Prosecuted For Obstruction After Leaving Office; President Asked If He's Worried, Calls It "Fake"; Mueller Says Trump Was Not Exonerated, But Clarifies Key Point In Testimony About Why President Was Not Charged; Mueller Walks Back Bombshell Answer That He Didn't Indict Trump Because He Is A Sitting President; Mueller Contradicts Pres. Trump, Says He Discussed FBI Job But "Not As A Candidate"; Mueller Most Fiery Defending The Integrity Of His Investigators: Asking For Someone's Political Affiliation "Is Not Done"; Mueller: "Generally" President Trump's Written Answers Were Inadequate, Incomplete And Untrue; Mueller Rufuses To Say If His Report Recommends Impeachment; Pelosi: "The American People Now Realize More Fully The Crimes That Were Committed Against Our Constitution"; Pres. Trump touts "Very Good Day," Praises Republican Lawmakers Who Defended Him In Mueller Hearings; Mueller: Didn't Subpoena Trump Because Of Time Constrains; President: I Did "Right Thing" by Refusing Mueller Interview; Claiming Victory; Top Dems Weigh In; Trump Claims Victory In Wake Of Mueller Testimony But Mueller Tells Lawmakers President Was Not Exonerated; Mueller Most Fiery Defending The Integrity Of His Investigators: Asking For Someone's Political Affiliation "Is Not Done"; Mueller On Pres. Trump's Many Comments Praising WikiLeaks: "Problematic Is An Understatement"; Nadler: Anyone Who Acted As Trump Did "Would Face Criminal Prosecution" If They Were Not The President; Sources: Pelosi Not Taking Impeachment Off The Table; At Least 93 House Democrats Not Calling For Impeachment; Pelosi Stands Firm, Wants To Continue To Fight In The Courts; Mueller's Warnings On Russian Interference; Mueller Warns Russians Are Interfering "As We Sit Here"; Mueller warns Russia threatens 2020 Election, Fears "New Normal" If Campaigns Not Reporting Foreign InfluenceTo 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	And good evening from Washington, Robert Mueller spoke today and millions listen.
0:04.6	The question is what did they hear?
0:06.2	To some degree, the former Russia Special Counsel's testimony first before the House Judiciary
0:09.9	Committee and then House Intelligence was in many ways a brochure act test.
0:14.4	Different assumptions on each side going in, different lines of questioning and completely
0:17.9	different takeaways from the two sides afterward.
0:20.9	Republicans largely calling it a failed defense of what, in their view, was an illegitimate
0:24.8	investigation.
0:26.5	It's hanging on every instance, Mueller confirmed what was in his report and in so doing
0:30.5	confirming the Democrats' belief that there's evidence that a felon sits in the White
0:34.3	House.
0:35.3	What neither side got was a Robert Mueller entertaining hypotheticals or offering his opinions on any
0:39.8	subject whatsoever.
0:41.4	Mueller's testified many times over his long career, but it has certainly been a while.
0:46.1	And today he was often halting, hesitant, obviously reluctant to be there.
0:50.3	Talk about all that and the rest tonight because all of it is significant.
0:53.5	We begin though tonight, keeping them honest, with something else that also matters a lot,
0:57.8	namely direct attacks by the President on the legitimacy of the investigation and the
1:01.9	man in charge of it.
1:03.3	Today, Mueller directly contradicted many of those allegations which the President was
1:07.5	making even after the hearings laid today.
1:11.7	There was no defense to this ridiculous hoax, this witch hunt that's been going on for
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