After Müller op-ed, Sen. Lindsey Graham says now he is the former Special Counsel called to testify

After Müller op-ed, Sen. Lindsey Graham says now he is the former Special Counsel called to testify

Senator Lindsey Graham announced that the Democrats accepted the request of the former special adviser Robert Mueller testify before the Senate on his committee to have Justice investigation, the Russian interference in the presidential election of 2016. The surprising statement by one of the leaders of the Senate It comes a day after Mueller broke a long silence to defend his probe and its derivatives belief Roger Stone, in an op-ed public. Graham, a Republican from South Carolina and chairman of the Judiciary Committee has sought to discredit the request in the past Mueller. And since Mueller was released official report last spring, Graham has wiped Democrats Mueller investigations testify in the Senate, told CNN in April 2019. I’m fine, I finished Mueller relationship with ‘Mueller he said later outside the house, the only invitation Graham had previously offered Mueller was an opportunity to respond to Attorney general William Barr Senate Judiciary Committee testimony. On Saturday, Mueller wrote a blunt opinion piece Washington Post, his findings and the conviction of President Donald Trump ally Roger Stone defends congressional investigation for obstruction. Former Special Adviser said he felt “obliged to react both broad claims that our investigation was unlawful and our motives were improper and to some accusations that Roger Stone was a victim of our office.” The editorial Graham seems to have changed minds. “Apparently Mr. Miller is willing – and able – Mueller op investigations and the Washington Post to defend,” Graham wrote on Twitter. “Democrats in the Senate Judiciary Committee before they asked Mr. Miller seemed to testify before the Senate Committee on Justice’s inquiry. This request was granted.” Mueller has since July last year, the spotlight is off when he appeared before Congress to testify about his investigation. Interest in his investigation turned up again this Friday, after President Trump stones prison sentence and a statement from the White House commuted the Mueller condemned investigations, according to the stone would be a “victim of Russia hoax”. “These charges the unconscious product born of frustration and malice have been” reads the official statement from the White House. “That’s why out-of-control Mueller desperate lawyers for flashy titles for investigation failed to compensate for their views of Mr. Stein. In the opinion piece, Müller stressed that while sentence commuted Stone, remains the conviction against him. “the Russian investigation was of the utmost importance,” Mueller wrote. “Stone was persecuted and condemned for committing federal crimes. He remains a convicted criminal, and rightly so. “
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