Mueller Speaks

Robert Mueller spoke on Wednesday. It was the message of a man who really did not to have to say anything at all. He said all he had to say in his 448-page final report on the 22-month Russia investigation.

“I hope and expect this to be the only time that I will speak to you in this manner. I am making that decision myself. Any testimony from this office would not go beyond our report. The report is my testimony.”

But in Mueller's remarks before the cameras at the Justice Department on Wednesday, it was this sentence that carried the most weight, wielding the most power:  

“If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so." 

What he said next seemed to reference Congress’s power to launch impeachment proceedings.

“The Constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing." 

Translation:

"Congress, impeach the motherfucker!!"