In leaving the Justice Department after spending the past two years as Special Counsel, Robert Mueller fleshed out what he had strongly implied in his report on the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election and whether Donald Trump and his subordinates either were involved or the President later tried to obstruct justice: that Congress has the power to go where he wasn’t able to through impeachment proceedings.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has good political reasons for resisting going down that road for now: the likelihood that if Democrats found enough evidence to bring charges, Mr. Trump would be given a pass by the Republican-led Senate and walk away with a propaganda victory.
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