"Even in its incomplete form, however, the Mueller Report lays out disturbing evidence that President Trump engaged in obstruction of justice and other misconduct," New York Rep. Jerry Nadler said while reading from a paper during a Thursday afternoon news conference after the Justice Department released a redacted version of the Mueller Report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
"The responsibility now falls to Congress to hold the president accountable for his actions," he said.
Hours after the release of the 448-page-long redacted Mueller Report, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee would not say whether that's the route he will take. But he wouldn't rule it out either. Typically, impeachment proceedings begin in his committee.
"That's one possibility. There are others. We obviously have to get to the bottom of what happened and take whatever action seems necessary at that time," Nadler responded when a reporter asked him about the possibility of impeaching Trump. "It's too early to reach those conclusions."
Beyond that, Democratic leaders, including Nadler, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer demanded Robert Mueller himself appear before Congress and slammed Attorney General William Barr.
In a joint statement, Pelosi and Schumer said: "Special Counsel Mueller's report paints a disturbing picture of a president who has been weaving a web of deceit, lies and improper behavior and acting as if the law doesn't apply to him. But if you hadn't read the report and listened only to Mr. Barr, you wouldn't have known any of that because Mr. Barr has been so misleading."
Barr is expected to testify in front of Nadler's committee earlier next month. Mueller could then follow.
The reactions will continue to pour in and this is not a story that will not go away anytime soon, especially since Barr, and potentially Mueller, will testify in front of Congress next month.