Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez argued on Thursday that is it her Constitutional duty to sign an impeachment resolution against President Donald Trump.
Ocasio-Cortez took to Twitter after Attorney General William Barr released the redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s final Russia report to Congress and the public.
To make her case, Ocasio-Cortez argues Article 1, Sec. 2, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution says it’s Congress’ “responsibility” to investigate the president despite Mueller doing that for two years and finding no crimes.
“Mueller’s report is clear in pointing to Congress’ responsibility in investigating obstruction of justice by the President. It is our job as outlined in Article 1, Sec 2, Clause 5 of the US Constitution. As such, I’ll be signing onto @RashidaTlaib’s impeachment resolution,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote.
Mueller’s report is clear in pointing to Congress’ responsibility in investigating obstruction of justice by the President.
It is our job as outlined in Article 1, Sec 2, Clause 5 of the US Constitution.
As such, I’ll be signing onto @RashidaTlaib’s impeachment resolution. https://t.co/CgPZJiULOL
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 18, 2019
With zero evidence of a crime, Ocasio-Cortez said she will support Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s resolution to impeach Trump in the U.S. House of Representatives.
As noted by The Hill, Tlaib introduced a resolution calling for an investigation by the House Judiciary Committee into whether Trump committed impeachable offenses.
Ocasio-Cortez and Democrats pushing impeachment is mind-boggling given Mueller’s report cleared Trump of alleged “collusion” and did not recommend any charges against the president.
During his press conference on Thursday morning from the Department of Justice, Barr reiterated countless times that Mueller found no evidence that Trump, his campaign, or any American colluded with Russia during the 2016 presidential election.
So that is the bottom line. After nearly two years of investigation, thousands of subpoenas, and hundreds of warrants and witness interviews, the Special Counsel confirmed that the Russian government sponsored efforts to illegally interfere with the 2016 presidential election but did not find that the Trump campaign or other Americans colluded in those schemes.
Barr also stated that Mueller left it up to the Department of Justice to determine if the president obstructed justice.
The attorney general said he consulted with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and they both determined there was no evidence to charge Trump with obstructing justice in the Russia probe.
Barr: “The Special Counsel found no collusion by any Americans.” #NoCollusionNoObstruction pic.twitter.com/8ooN81CqtG
— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) April 18, 2019
The attorney general also made it clear that the White House offered “unfettered access,” “no redactions,” and “didn’t exert any executive privilege, which would be within their rights.”
This means that Trump and the White House provided Mueller’s team with essentially all of the records and documents they requested.
Barr also said that Trump had the legal authority to assert executive privilege to block portions of Mueller’s report from being made public.
Barr said the president declined and informed the DOJ that he wanted as much of the report made available to the public as possible.
Mueller’s report stated that there was no evidence that Trump, his campaign, or any American colluded with Russia during the 2016 presidential election.
The Special Counsel also did not recommend any charges against the president.
But Ocasio-Cortez and Democrats are using the final report to kick-start their latest attempt to remove a duly elected president just because they do not like him.
