“When the full scope of the president’s misconduct has been revealed, when his lies are debunked and his abuses have been laid bare, I believe that members of Congress on both sides of the aisle will draft legislation to curb the worst of his offenses,” wrote Congressman Jerry Nadler.
On the heels of special counsel Robert Mueller not concluding whether President Donald Trump’s actions constituted obstruction of justice, a top House Democrat says Congress should draft new legislation to outlaw such behavior in the future.
Barr wrote in his four-page summary of Mueller’s principal conclusions that, after consulting with Justice Department officials and reviewing the matter, he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein concluded the evidence was “not sufficient to establish that the President committed an obstruction-of-justice offense.”
"Dangling a pardon in front of [former Trump campaign chairman Paul] Manafort, who is a witness in a serious investigation in which Trump is either a subject or a target, could be viewed as obstruction of justice," Nadler told Newsweek last year.Nadler announced Monday morning that his committee will be voting Wednesday to authorize subpoenas for Mueller’s full, unredacted report and its underlying evidence, in addition to relevant documents from several former White House officials.
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