Adam Schiff touts 'powerful' testimony: Mueller underscored Trump's 'lack of patriotism'
by Naomi Lim
| July 24, 2019 07:15 PM
The House Democrats who oversaw Robert Mueller's congressional testimony Wednesday touted the former special counsel's performance across two hearings on Capitol Hill.
Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler faced reporters after Mueller spoke with lawmakers for about six hours on the findings from his Russia investigation.
"Part of what I found so powerful about his testimony today was not just when he was asked about the law, but when he was asked about the ethics, the morality, the lack of patriotism of this conduct," Schiff, a Democrat from California, said of Mueller's reaction to Trump and his 2016 campaign associates examined as part of the inquiry.
The country was heading into the next election cycle "more vulnerable" than it should be, Schiff said.
"The president will still not forswear receiving foreign help again," he added, saying Trump continues to refer to Russia election interference as a "hoax," something Mueller "directly refuted.â€
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