WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to involve the Supreme Court if Democrats try to impeach him over special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings in the…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to involve the Supreme Court if Democrats try to impeach him over special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings in the Russia investigation, although he did not explain how he might do that.
In a series of morning tweets, Trump criticized the Democratic-run House for pursuing hearings and investigations on the Mueller report.
„The Mueller Report, despite being written by Angry Democrats and Trump Haters, and with unlimited money behind it ($35,000,000), didn’t lay a glove on me. I DID NOTHING WRONG,“ Trump said.
The president added that „if the partisan Dems ever tried to Impeach, I would first head to the U. S. Supreme Court.“ Trump said „Not only are there no ‚High Crimes and Misdemeanors,‘ there are no Crimes by me at all,“ and he continued to blame the investigation on Democrats, including his 2016 opponent Hillary Clinton.
The release of Mueller’s report prompted outrage among Democrats and stirred a debate over whether to consider articles of impeachment against Trump. The 448-page report detailed multiple contacts between Trump campaign associates and Russian operatives but said there was not evidence that it amounted to a criminal conspiracy. The report documented a series of actions by Trump to derail the special counsel’s investigation and lying by associates over their Russia contacts, but it did not reach a conclusion on whether obstruction of justice occurred.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders sought to tamp down talk of impeaching Trump in the run-up to the Mueller report’s release. They argued that voters want the party to focus more on issues like healthcare and jobs that directly affect them.
But in the days since a redacted version of the Mueller report was made public, a growing number of Democrats have raised the possibility of impeachment. Pelosi has said the House will focus on fact finding first and has left impeachment on the table if the facts lead there.
