CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota said how upset she was over the lack of action Congress has taken against President Trump after the release of the redacted report from special counsel Robert Mueller.
She asked what would be the point in Congress having former White House counsel Don McGahn testify on Trump telling him to fire Mueller.
“How does Don McGahn going to Congress change anything? I understand they have lots of questions, because they saw ample evidence of obstruction in the Mueller report. Obviously, Democrats feel they need answers, but, at the end of the day, it is all in the Mueller report,” Camerota said. “They know he threatened to quit because he thought he was being asked to commit crimes. How does he going before Congress change anything?
“If you look at the Mueller report, what Robert Mueller says Don McGahn says is the president told him to fire Robert Mueller and create a fake paper trail,” co-anchor John Berman said.
“Absolutely, that sounds like obstruction of justice,” Camerota said.
“So, William Barr says it didn’t happen that way. The only jury that matters in this is the U.S. Congress. So the U.S. Congress wants to get Don in front of them to get his version, to cross-examine Don Mcgahn on what is in the Mueller report, especially after Bill Barr now,” Berman explained.
“I mean, I guess my point, John, and I’m sorry if I sound like they have broken my spirit,” Camerota said.
“But that’s what it sounds like, but I think that’s the goal too,” Berman said.
“Well, it’s worked. I think I am channeling many members of the American public who feel the past two years have been disheartening for people who believe in justice,” Camerota said. “The reason that I say that is because you see in the Mueller report ample evidence laid out of obstruction, of what Robert Mueller considered obstruction, but nothing happens. You see violations of the emoluments clause, but nothing happens. You see nepotism, but nothing happens.”
“I’m saying at this point, I think there is a feeling of — I don’t know — exhaustion, I guess. We know it from polls, we know this from voters turning away after the Mueller report that they think Congress is going to continue this and there will be more legalese and more nuance, but I’m not sure to what end,” she concluded.
