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Trump was right to be mad about Mueller probe: Laura Ingraham
Published April 18, 2019
Fox News host Laura Ingraham said that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election showed that President Trump was angry about the investigation -- which looked for possible collusion between the Trump camp and the Russians.
Ingraham said she found Trump's anger justified.
"I'm glad he was worried," Ingraham said during an appearance on "America's Newsroom" on Thursday, following a press conference by Attorney General William Barr about the release of the long-awaited report.
"You could conclude in this report that the president was really mad," she said. "Knowing what we know now, he is well within his right to be really mad about what happened. ... I'm glad he was worried that a special counsel investigation could destroy his presidency...We have a president who was anxious to change Washington and to try and drain the swamp and to try and get his priorities ... and make real advancements for the economy."
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"And he knew that investigation was going to slow it down or -- in the heat of the moment, he believed -- destroy it."
Someone who is guilty and fearful of what an investigation might find, Ingraham said, would take the types of actions that Mueller's team didn't find.
"You would have to show nefariousness on the part of the president, like a nefarious effort to destroy documents, to prevent people from testifying," she said. "I mean, I was shocked that the president decided not to invoke executive privilege. I probably would have if I were in his position."
"If you are really trying to stop an investigation because you are worried about the investigation's outcome or ultimate conclusion, then you will pretty much do everything in your power to keep information from the investigators."
Mueller’s report revealed that Trump tried to seize control of the Russia probe and force Mueller’s removal to stop him from investigating potential obstruction. Trump was largely thwarted by those around him.
Mueller laid out multiple episodes in which Trump directed others to influence or curtail the Russia investigation after the special counsel’s appointment in May 2017. Those efforts “were mostly unsuccessful, but that is largely because the persons who surrounded the president declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests,” Mueller wrote.
But overall, the report’s bottom line largely matched up with the findings revealed in Barr’s four-page memo released a month ago — no collusion with Russia, no clear verdict on obstruction.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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