MSNBC’s Chris Matthews livid over Mueller report: ‘How could they let Trump off the hook?’
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MSNBC host Chris Matthews expressed outrage on Friday upon hearing reports that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had completed his Russia investigation and submitted it to the attorney general -- with further indictments not expected.
Matthews began his show by summarizing the breaking news, but stressed that Mueller handed his report to the Department of Justice “without ever directly interviewing the president of the United States.”
“That means no charges against the president, his children or his associates after all those meetings with the Russians,” a visibly upset Matthews told his viewers.
The liberal cable news host opened the discussion to the panel, telling them his “biggest question” was “How can the president be pointed to as leading collusion with Russia, aiding a Russian conspiracy to interfere with our elections if none of his henchmen, none of his children, none of his associates have been indicted?”
NBC News national security reporter Ken Dilanian responded by telling Matthews that Trump couldn’t be indicted “in a criminal sense” since Mueller’s office “didn’t have it,” adding that the president “couldn’t conspire with himself.”
“Maybe he missed the boat here,” Matthews responded. “Because we know about the Trump Tower meeting in June 2016, we know about the meeting at the cigar bar with Kilimnik. My God, we know about all of those meetings with Kislyak at the Republican convention in Cleveland. All these dots we’re now to believe don’t connect.”
“Well, that’s the conclusion in front of us,” Dilanian told Matthews. “All of that stuff was suggestive, it didn’t prove anything.”
“Why was there never an interrogation of this president?” Matthews shot back. “We were told for weeks by experts, ‘You cannot deal with an obstruction-of-justice charge or investigation without getting the motive… How could they let Trump off the hook?... He will not be charged with obstruction of justice or collusion without having to sit down with the Special Counsel Mueller and answer his damn questions. How could that happen?”
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Looks like the witch hunt failed to manufacture any collusion. Shocking. I expect the liberal tears to be invigorating.
Well, maybe - just maybe - you don't actually know all the stuff you think you know. Every night for two years, these guys have run the thinnest stories. Some unnamed source talked to a guy who believes X and Y might be true because . . . feelings. That's not journalism or investigation. It's gossip. And when they run a story like that on Monday, they run a different one on Tuesday, and cite the Monday story/gossip-fest as corroboration.
These "journalists" have spent two years raising their eyebrows, nodding, harrumphing, and saying this suggests that. None of it means anything and now they're monumentally butthurt that the independent investigation they demanded and then lionized failed to produce the results they predicted were inevitable. We may never see a brighter example of leftist bias in the media.
fabricating evidence to take down a presidential candidate / sitting president.
those people will not be allowed to just walk away from that.
welcome to the show...
What does Chris Matthews Know, and when did he know it ?
I think The Democrats should investigate.
In the article's video, Matthews gave new meaning to "spitting mad". Poor thing was probably hoping to get a journalism award for repeatedly reporting on fake news "collusion". Ha ha ha!
The Dems are spinning this bad news so hard I need to take Dramamine just to not get dizzy.
I've been flipping between MSNBC and CNN. Their guests moved the goal posts again and want to investigate Mueller, because they're not sure he'll tell the truth. Weren't they sure that he was trustworthy a few months ago?
Anyone tired of winning, yet?
The Trump is not 'off the hook.'
Mueller has set the hook. The truth and the downfall of the Trump fast approaches.
Unless I've missed something, the only folks who know anything regarding the actual content of the report at this juncture are Misters Barr and Mueller.
I'll hold my boo hoos and yippees until later.
Actually, Mueller and his team know what is in the report along with Barr and maybe Rosenstein. But, I stand by my prediction that what we will see is a report that has 90% of the names and anything dealing with Trump blacked out due to DOJ rules regarding those not indicted.
Hmm... Barr hasn't released the report, and Mueller has gotten his small fish. Hence, no more indictments expected from him.
Nobody knows the final details or reccomendation from Mueller and so many are already claiming victory base on Mathews and his hissy fit.
I think I'll wait until the public disclosure to dance or cry.
The one I'm waiting for is the NYS investigation.
Which witch hunt will you be counting on after that?
The dirty money and the hundreds of thousands the Trumps' cheated and stole from is always right behind the Trumps. A lot of people would like the have a 'piece of them' just for the revenge. I think they're going to get it too.
The truly sad part will be watching those who pushed the "Big Lie" of collusion simply pretend it never happened. The last two years will get flushed down the memory hole.
There will be no lessons learned by the media and no repercussions for their unprecedented attack on a President.
The CNNs of the world will simply find another angle to wage their partisan war.
I just watched Morning Joe say that we should be happy that there were no findings of collusion or conspiracy, laughing at his dumb ass that for 2 years he and his ugly assed wife screamed that Trump is guilty as hell, off his rocker and they can't wait until the Mueller probe is done so they can watch the Trump family goose stepped to prison.
Liberals are moving goal post after goal post, now hoping that the loons of the New York and Eastern Virginia districts FIND something. Not prosecute something they KNOW happened, but FIND something.
Loony Nadler is saying the Mueller probe was not allowed to go into certain places, but we all know they went everywhere, otherwise they probably would never had known about what Mannafort had done, or what Cohen had done. The Mueller gang of angry Democrats are the ones that forwarded those accusations to the other jurisdictions. There was no where Mueller did not go.
If loony Nadler subpoenas Barr or Mueller, I hope they tell him to fuck off. They need to.
not a chance.
people will be made an example of to prevent this from happening again.
nobody just walks away from this - count on it.
cheers
Until the report is seen by more than Barr and Rosenstein, this is just Trumpspin. Don't believe Barr's four pages of spin prove anything except how far the right will go to protect someone like Trump, who will end up going down for his money misdeeds. And Russia is STILL helping Trump whether we can prove Trump is guilty or not.
Mueller truthers believe Mueller and his Democratic staff are in on the conspiracy now too.
Nope, just waiting for more than a little spin summary. Nobody has seen anything else yet, how can anybody know? Barr doesn't count.
no worries, at this point it can not be stopped.
cheers
I'm fairly sure no one of importance is waiting for you to give them the all clear on this. so we will just move along as if ya said nothing at all and go after the people who tried to frame trump.
about 2 yrs ago I told you this day would come. are ya having fun yet?
you are funny...
like last season, this season im batting 1000 and your still batting ZERO
I think the last 2 years will age like a fine wine.
we required more room on the hook for obamas administration.
I have always wondered when secret service protection starts feeling like prison guards.
only time can tell
How can an article that has been on the board for 6 days , with only 90 comments in that time, be currently "trending" on NT?
I just noticed that this seed is at the top of the "trending" list. Maybe some adjustments are in order. Just sayin.
In my opinion we should be encouraging a continuous seeding of articles, not belaboring seeds from a week ago. If you have a new insight, post it as a new article on the same topic.
Coming from someone who has never seed anything, that is some irony. If it was up to you everyone would be commenting on articles that are 5 years old.
you do not get to control the narrative john.
and it certainly doesnt belong on a list of "trending" articles
we will be discussing the lefts failed coup attempt for the next 2yrs solid. (actually, a lot longer than that)
buckle up
That'll happen right around the time Jefferson becomes a state.
I won't hold my breath or buy you green bananas.
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Locked, seeder hasn't been here for days