Washington D.C. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) issued the following statement regarding the Special Counsels report.
Our country welcomes this long-overdue conclusion. After two
years two congressional investigations and now the closure of a Special
Counsel investigation with unfettered authority to investigate any links or
coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the
Campaign of President Donald Trump it is abundantly clear without a shadow
of a doubt there was no collusion.
Furthermore the nearly unlimited scope resources and subpoena power of the
Special Counsel has allowed his team to fully pursue any matters that arose or
may arise directly from the investigation. This case is closed.
As we officially close this
chapter it is important for us to learn from the moment. As we look back
Democrat leaders acted irresponsibly and threw caution to the wind to damage
and distract from the work the Trump administration is doing on behalf of our
fellow citizens. While this conclusion is an embarrassment to those Democrats
it is more discouraging to think of the opportunity costs to our country.
This should be a lesson to
my Democrat colleagues that chasing imagined scandals and following a partisan
investigatory agenda will not result in any meaningful change for the country.
In fact it will do the opposite. I understand that Democrats today are
struggling with their own deep divisions and that it might be easier to attack President
Trump than work together for a common cause. But after months upon months of
manufactured outrage on this issue it is time we move on for the good of
the nation
and focus on the job we were sent to Washington to do: work to address the real
challenges facing our country."
