Robert S. Mueller III’s statement on Wednesday, in which he reiterated the conclusions of his investigation and declined to clear President Trump, seemed to open a dam in the Democratic presidential field. Within two hours of Mr. Mueller’s remarks, explicit calls for impeachment proceedings against Mr. Trump came from eight of the 23 candidates: Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey; Julián Castro, the former housing secretary; Senator Kamala Harris of California; Mayor Wayne Messam of Miramar, Fla.; Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts; former Representative Beto O’Rourke of Texas; Representative Eric Swalwell of California; and Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. Two of them, Mr. Booker and Mr. Castro, had not previously called for impeachment. As candidates like Ms. Warren came out in favor of impeachment last month, Mr. Booker said he would reserve judgment until Congress received an unredacted version of Mr. Mueller’s report, telling voters in Nevada, “There’s a lot more investigation that should go on before Congress comes to any conclusions like that.”

Source: New York Times May 29, 2019 18:36 UTC