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Most of my friends of every political background are taking the Mueller report findings in stride, For those who are concerned about it, here’s my perspective in case it helps. 1/18
When I ran for Congress in #MA3, many people asked me what I hoped the Mueller report would reveal. I always answered it didn’t matter what I hoped or wanted, but for the good of the country... 2/18
...I hoped that Mueller would find the President had not engaged in a criminal conspiracy with the Russians--it's simply better for us all for a million reasons for that to have never been the case. 3/18
To me, the most important thing was that Mueller complete his investigation without interference, that the report be public, and that we learn from it and act on it. 4/18
And where are we tonight? Mueller’s investigation is done, thanks to his dedicated effort, that of his staff, and the hard work of ordinary citizens and politicians who pushed back against Administration attempts and threats to preemptively end or limit the investigation. 5/18
Mueller has gotten indictments and convictions galore, and revealed whole new arenas of potential criminality outside the scope of his work that others are investigating. 6/18
The summary of the report— written by the President’s appointed conservative AG— validates that Russia interfered with our election, and that they repeatedly tried to get the Trump campaign to work with them, and that they declined to do so. 7/18
The thing we don’t have is the complete report. We need that, in order both to best defend our institutions against future interference and to strengthen public confidence in these findings— thereby also strengthening our institutions. 8/18
Because Mueller pointedly could not exonerate the President from obstruction of justice in the scope of what he was investigating— let alone in the context of all the other scandals surrounding this Administration... 9/18
...ranking from corruption to potential abuse of executive power— Congress will have to do what it has so often failed to do for decades, which is act like a co-equal branch of government. 10/18
They will need to both keep their eye on the ball of actually debating and passing legislation meeting ordinary people’s needs while fulfilling their oversight responsibilities and... 11/18
...following through on all the investigations they have launched to their conclusion. In a sense, this is a very good thing. 12/18
It is not healthy in the long run for our institutions or civil society when our citizenry or our Congress are looking to individuals... 13/18
...or teams from the Executive Branch to provide all the answers to these questions, which are often as political and even moral as they are legal in nature. 14/18
I believe Mueller drew this line around the scope of his own work and conclusions very artfully. 15/18
The Special Counsel has done his duty, and I am grateful. Congress has its job to do, as does SDNY and state courts. 16/18
For myself, I’m more determined to do what I believe to be my part, which is to accept these findings, stay engaged in government and my chosen activism at all levels, and look to elections in 2019 and 2020 to turn the page on this Administration. 17/18
And I am so glad that I will be doing it all with so many of you. 18/18
