Were the Mueller hearings a dud, or a quiet blockbuster? We asked 10 legal experts to weigh in.
After three months of reading—or not reading—the Mueller Report but hearing very little from the man who wrote it, the American public finally got to see and hear Special Counsel Robert Mueller testify before Congress Wednesday in six-plus hours of questioning on live television.
Still the fact that there was substantial evidence of crimes, that the president was not exonerated, and that Russia was and is a threat to our elections and democracy were made clear. Republicans will look good on Fox News but they did not hurt those facts. The afternoon should make Trump nervous. It proved Russian interference was to benefit Trump and that Trump campaign was a willing recipient of the help.Renato Mariotti is the Legal Affairs Columnist for POLITICO Magazine.
Mueller’s testimony that his decision not to indict Trump was due to the DOJ policy preventing him from doing so and that Trump could be indicted after he leaves office suggests that this issue will linger over Trump for years to come. Regardless of whether Congress opens an impeachment inquiry, the potential criminal liability discussed today won’t go away.Kimberly Wehle is a professor of law at the University of Baltimore, former assistant U.S.
Jed Handelsman Shugerman is a law professor at Fordham, the author of The People’s Courts, and co-author on amicus briefs challenging President Trump’s emoluments clause violations and his appointment of Matthew Whitaker as attorney general. And thus, Rep. Quigley set up a new legal argument for impeachment: The statute of limitations means a president could be permanently above the law. A House impeachment could be the only opportunity to hold Trump accountable or even accuse him legally. Ever.
Jimmy Gurulé is a law professor at Notre Dame, who was an assistant attorney general under President George H.W. Bush and a Treasury undersecretary under President George W. Bush. The Republicans, on the other hand, wanted the hearing to be about the unfairness of the investigation. From challenging the origins of the investigation to quibbling with Mueller’s findings, they did their best to discredit his work. But, in the end, they were left with a scenario right out of “All the President’s Men.” Trump was surrounded in his 2016 campaign by people who broke the laws.
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