| No Images? Click here   Impeachment referral? Robert Mueller on Wednesday encouraged Americans to read his special counsel report on Russian interference in the 2016 election and reiterated his office’s position that, while President Donald Trump could not be charged with a crime while in office, that doesn’t amount to an exoneration.“If we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said that,” Mueller said at a press conference at Justice Department headquarters in which he also announced his resignation. “A President cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office. That is unconstitutional. ... Charging the President with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider.”Mueller’s remarks alluded to impeachment, saying that the U.S. Constitution “requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing.” Mueller said his office was “guided by principles of fairness” and that it “would be unfair to potentially accuse somebody of a crime when there can be no court resolution of an actual charge.”The press conference was seen by some as a suggestion for Congress to move forward with an impeachment inquiry. Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday came out in favor of starting an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, a stronger position than either 2020 presidential hopeful has taken thus far. People before power. We think regular people’s stories are important – and we think you do too.  WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING?House leadership and 2020 Dems remain split on impeachment after Mueller statement. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that Congress would continue to investigate the president and hold him accountable for “his abuse of power,” but did not mention impeachment proceedings. But other Democrats, including several candidates for president, have begun to advocate for beginning the impeachment process.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday he would work to fill any Supreme Court vacancy in 2020, an election year, despite his efforts to scuttle Judge Merrick Garland’s nomination to the bench for that very reason in 2016.A non-partisan report said the GOP tax law is doing little for the economy, and even less for workers. The sweeping tax law Republicans enacted in late 2017 is definitely not paying for itself, the Congressional Research Service said.
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