Republicans and Democrats angle to take the offensive after Mueller report
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans went on offense Monday by calling for new investigations into what they claim was political bias behind special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's probe, even as they heralded its conclusion exonerating Trump of colluding with Russia during the 2016 campaign.
Democrats, meanwhile, found themselves walking a political tightrope between pressing for further scrutiny into whether the president obstructed justice - a question left explicitly unanswered by Mueller - without appearing overzealous or overly focused on impeachment.
Trump's response to the Mueller report was another example of the president's ability to ignore the contradictions of his own actions and statements, and
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