GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Wisconsin’s Senior U.S. Senator is critical of U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller closing the door on his final report.
Mueller made his first public statements on Wednesday since being appointed to the probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 Presidential election.
According to Mueller, a longstanding department policy would prohibit him from charging President Trump with a crime related to the investigation.
Additionally, he says that if he was confident that the President clearly didn’t commit a crime, he would have stated it in the report.
Lastly, he’ll be returning to civilian life and indicated that it was up to Congress to decide if impeachment proceedings are justified.
“Having listened to the press conference, I’m just more confused,” says U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, as he joined the John Muir Show.
While Johnson says some of the comments made by Mueller were generally confusing, he hopes it won’t deter the American public from understanding, what he thinks, is the main takeaway from the report.
“He’s clearly saying there’s no collusion, that was the main purpose of why he undertook this investigation,” says Johnson. “It’s incredibly important for the American people to know that [and] I’m relieved there is no evidence [and] there was no collusion.”
For Johnson, one major issue is what he deems a conflict of interest.
In his opinion, Mueller, who headed the FBI from 2001 to 2013, should never have been placed in charge of this task.
“One of the reasons I didn’t think that Robert Mueller was the right person to be special counsel is he had a conflict of interest,” he explains. “This largely was his old F.B.I.”
Additionally, he thinks the tumultuous nature of that department can be tied back to Mueller.
“Of course we have an awful lot of resignations and firings in that agency too,” says Johnson. “So something bad was happening and the American people need to know what that something is.”
At this stage, Johnson remains underwhelmed at the investigation into possible internal wrongdoing throughout the agency.
“I never thought he would do a good job or a credible job of investigating potential wrongdoing within the F.B.I, Department of Justice, and Intelligence community,” he explains. “And he didn’t.”
Following Mueller’s statement, President Trump tweeted:
“Nothing changes from the Mueller Report. There was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our Country, a person is innocent. The case is closed! Thank you.”
The full interview can be heard here.
