Representative Terri Sewell (AL-07), as a member of the House Intelligence Committee, on Wednesday participated in the questioning of former special counsel Robert Mueller about his investigation into Russian interference in the United States’ 2016 presidential election.
During her line of questioning, Sewell attempted to get Mueller to agree with her assertion that Donald Trump, Jr.’s “I love it” email regarding a 2016 Trump Tower meeting about potential Russian opposition research on Hillary Clinton was “evidence of an offer of illegal assistance” incriminating the president’s oldest son.
However, Mueller’s response did not go as planned from Sewell’s perspective.
“I cannot adopt that characterization,” he responded.
The Washington Post even noted Mueller “steadfastly refused to endorse Sewell’s description of that meeting as ‘illegal’ or to sign on when she asked if he didn’t think the American people should be concerned that three senior Trump aides attended the meeting.”
Watch Sewell’s line of questioning:
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Sean Ross is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn
