Special counsel Robert Mueller spoke publicly for the first time in two years, after starting his investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election.
In the 10 minute statement, Mueller says there were "multiple, systematic efforts" to interfere in the 2016 presidential election and that it "deserves the attention of every American". Mueller detailed that meddling in an indictment last year, charging 12 Russian military intelligence officers with hacking Democratic email accounts. President Trump has denied any involvement to any potential obstruction charges, but the Mueller report may say different.
"We conducted that investigation and we kept the office of the acting attorney general apprised of the progress of our work," says special counsel Robert Mueller, U.S. Department of Justice. "And as set forth in the report, after the investigation, if we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. We did not however make a determination as to whether the president did commit a crime."
Democratic senator and presidential candidate Cory Booker is calling on fellow congressional Democrats "to begin impeachment proceedings immediately" in the wake of Mueller's public statement on whether President Trump obstructed justice.
