Fox News's Chris Wallace Warned Against 'Rushing to Judgement' on the Mueller Report
Special counsel Robert Mueller delivered the long-awaited results of his investigation into Russian collusion in the 2016 election to Attorney General William Barr Friday. Barr is reportedly reviewing the report today and plans to share its findings with Congress and the President tomorrow.
Despite the fact that almost no one has yet read the Mueller report, after it was announced that no further indictments would be filed as a result of its findings, some Republicans, including President Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, took a victory lap. This "marks the end of the Mueller investigation," Giuliani told Fox News, before firing off tweets demanding apologies from those who had previously accused Trump of colluding with Russia. But Fox's Chris Wallace was quick to point out that such celebrations are extremely premature.
For one, while the fact that no more charges will be brought as the result of Mueller’s investigation does let figures like Don Jr. off of this particular hook, it doesn’t mean very much when it comes to the president himself. The Department of Justice has said that it will not indict a sitting president even if he appears to have committed crimes, so the fact that Trump will not be indicted in no way suggests that the report vindicates him.
"To say that somehow this clears the president seems like the height of rushing to judgment," said Wallace. He also explained that based on the results of the Mueller report, Congress will determine whether or not to impeach Trump.
If you take the argument that the president can’t be indicted, then the only possible avenue under the constitution would be possible impeachment. Not saying that there’s any grounds for impeachment, but one would assume that House Democrats are going to say, “We want to see what Mueller found with regard to the president, so we can make an independent determination as to whether he is subject to high crimes and misdemeanors under the constitution."
Breaking News- the Mueller Report has been delivered to AG Barr. Chris Wallace is live on @SpecialReport pic.twitter.com/Heclqdtn6f
- FoxNewsSunday (@FoxNewsSunday) March 22, 2019
Even though Mueller has submitted his report, Trump's administration remains under a dozen other investigations, including several federal investigations being carried out by the Southern District of New York. And while Mueller’s purview was strictly limited to the question of Russian election interference, these inquiries are able to investigate the president, his associates, and his real estate business more broadly.
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