Rep. Mike Quigley Thursday accused special counsel Robert Mueller of using "extreme fairness" to protect President Donald Trump by not pushing to indict him.
"The special counsel is an honorable person who follows the rule of law more than anyone I've ever witnessed," the Illinois Democrat and House Intelligence Committee member told CNN's "New Day." "At the same time, in his moment of extreme fairness, he is protecting a president of the United States who has absolutely no concern for the rule of law, who is flaunting it."
Quigley's comments followed Mueller's Wednesday remarks that he couldn't exonerate Trump, but at the same time, Department of Justice guidelines wouldn't have allowed him to file criminal charges against a sitting president.
He also said if he had confidence that Trump "clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said that," stirring more calls for impeachment proceedings to begin against the president.
Mueller also said that even if he's called before Congress, his testimony is already contained in his 400-plus page report.
Quigley said that Mueller doesn't get to make that call, however.
"I have the greatest respect for the special counsel, but he doesn’t get to decide whether or not he testifies before the American people," said the lawmaker. "He doesn’t get to decide which questions he can talk about. He clearly can’t decide that he’s only going to talk about what’s already in the report."
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