BOSTON (WHDH) - Attorney General William Barr made special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russia’s 2016 election interference available to the public on Thursday, prompting many to speak out about the heavily-redacted findings, including Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern.
“It shows members of the Trump team have lied. They misled investigators,” the 2nd congressional district Democrat told 7’s Sharman Sacchetti. “This doesn’t in any way exonerate the president or his team from collusion with the Russians.”
Mueller’s report revealed that President Trump had tried to seize control of the Russia probe and force Mueller’s removal to stop him from investigating potential obstruction of justice by the president.
Mueller also said in his report that he could not conclusively determine that Trump had committed criminal obstruction of justice.
“The report says they haven’t found the evidence but that they couldn’t make a conclusion,” McGovern added.
Other Massachusetts Democrats are calling for congressional hearings in the wake of the report’s release.
“We need to hear from Special Counsel Robert Mueller,” U.S. Sen. Edward Markey said. “He should testify before Congress before both the Senate and the House.”
U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch added: “I believe he obstructed justice, and I think it was material and it was repeated.”
Members of the delegation also leveled criticism against Attorney General William Barr, who held a news conference just before the public release of the report.
“The attorney general sounded like Donald Trump’s personal attorney and not the attorney general of the people of the United States,” McGovern said. “I thought it was a disgraceful performance.”
While Trump believes it’s game over, Democrats don’t see it that way.
“President Trump wants it to be over,” Markey said. “In many ways, we’re just beginning.”
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