On May 17, 2017, Mueller was appointed by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein as special counsel overseeing an investigation into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and related matters. Mueller submitted his report to Attorney General William Barr on March 22, 2019, per Wikipedia.
Over the course of his probe, Mueller brought 199 charges against 34 people and three companies, including six of Trump’s former advisers and associates, per Time.
During the 22 months of the Mueller probe, the Special counsel filed 3 expense reports, with a fourth one coming soon. The first three reports totaled approximately $6.8 million, $10 million and $8.5 million, respectively. So the last one, if comparable to the others, would make the final dollar amount of Mueller’s probe between $32 million and $35 million, according to Time.
Despite Mueller’s phony witchhunt and the bottom line conclusions, Democrats in Congress are pursuing multiple investigations seeking a “re-do” of the investigation.
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), took to Twitter and asked, “What on earth was the point of a taxpayer funded special counsel if we’re going to demand every witness testify again—after the case is already closed?”
Meadows also said, “This week you’ll see more efforts from Democrats to re-do the Mueller investigation—hoping this time they’ll stumble on their pre-determined outcome. They’re convinced they’ll find something Mueller didn’t find… in a 2 year investigation. It’s as preposterous as it sounds.” (Continued Below)
Just hours after former White House Counsel Don McGahn slapped down a subpoena from House Judiciary Committee Democrats, the panel announced Tuesday it was issuing two new subpoenas: one for former McGahn chief of staff Annie Donaldson, and another for former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks.
President Trump fired off beginning Tuesday night into Wednesday morning and wrote, “So even though I didn’t have to do it with Presidential Privilege, I allowed everyone to testify, including White House Counsel Don McGahn (for over 30 hours), to Robert Mueller and the 18 Angry Trump-Hating Democrats, and they arrived at a conclusion of NO COLLUSION and NO OBSTRUCTION! The Dems were unhappy with the outcome of the $40M Mueller Report, so now they want a do-over.”
President Trump continued, “After spending 40 Million Dollars, reviewing 1.4 million pages of documents, & interviewing 500 people with the total support of the White House, the Mueller Report was a BIG DISAPPOINTMENT to the Democrats, so they want a DO OVER. It doesn’t work that way-so bad for our Country!” (Continued Below)
The President went on to say, “The Democrats are on a fishing expedition, wanting to interview the same people, and see the same things, as we just went through for two years with Robert Mueller and the 18 Angry Dems. Never happened to a president before. Never even happened to President Obama!”
Trump added, “John Brennan on the Mueller probe, “I don’t know if I received bad information, but I THINK I SUSPECTED THAT THERE WAS MORE THAN THERE ACTUALLY WAS.” Wow, he admits he was wrong! Congress should go back to work on drug prices etc.”
On Wednesday the Commander in Chief wrote, “Everything the Democrats are asking me for is based on an illegally started investigation that failed for them, especially when the Mueller Report came back with a NO COLLUSION finding. Now they say Impeach President Trump, even though he did nothin wrong, while they “fish!”
He concluded, “After two years of an expensive and comprehensive Witch Hunt, the Democrats don’t like the result and they want a DO OVER. In other words, the Witch Hunt continues! The Democrats are getting ZERO work done in Congress. All they are focused on is trying to prove the Mueller Report wrong, the Witch Hunt! PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT!” (Continued Below)
Rep. Mark Meadows’ official tweets:
A question every American should ask: what on earth was the point of a taxpayer funded special counsel if we’re going to demand every witness testify again—after the case is already closed? https://t.co/5ni1j02XK5
— Mark Meadows (@RepMarkMeadows) May 22, 2019
This week you’ll see more efforts from Democrats to re-do the Mueller investigation—hoping this time they’ll stumble on their pre-determined outcome. They’re convinced they’ll find something Mueller didn’t find… in a 2 year investigation.
It’s as preposterous as it sounds.
— Mark Meadows (@RepMarkMeadows) May 20, 2019
President Trump’s official tweets:
….at a conclusion of NO COLLUSION and NO OBSTRUCTION! The Dems were unhappy with the outcome of the $40M Mueller Report, so now they want a do-over.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 21, 2019
After spending 40 Million Dollars, reviewing 1.4 million pages of documents, & interviewing 500 people with the total support of the White House, the Mueller Report was a BIG DISAPPOINTMENT to the Democrats, so they want a DO OVER. It doesn’t work that way-so bad for our Country!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2019
The Democrats are on a fishing expedition, wanting to interview the same people, and see the same things, as we just went through for two years with Robert Mueller and the 18 Angry Dems. Never happened to a president before. Never even happened to President Obama!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2019
(Continued Below)
Everything the Democrats are asking me for is based on an illegally started investigation that failed for them, especially when the Mueller Report came back with a NO COLLUSION finding. Now they say Impeach President Trump, even though he did nothin wrong, while they “fish!”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2019
John Brennan on the Mueller probe, “I don’t know if I received bad information, but I THINK I SUSPECTED THAT THERE WAS MORE THAN THERE ACTUALLY WAS.” Wow, he admits he was wrong! Congress should go back to work on drug prices etc.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2019
After two years of an expensive and comprehensive Witch Hunt, the Democrats don’t like the result and they want a DO OVER. In other words, the Witch Hunt continues!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2019
The Democrats are getting ZERO work done in Congress. All they are focused on is trying to prove the Mueller Report wrong, the Witch Hunt!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2019
PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2019
(Related: Trump Fires Back After Pelosi Accuses Him Of Being Involved In A ‘Cover-Up’: ‘I Don’t Do Cover-Ups’)