GOP Rep. Justin Amash tells colleagues the 'ball is on our court' after Mueller statement

Justin Amash.
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Special Counsel Robert Mueller didn't say much during his brief statement on Wednesday, so Congress is reading between the lines.

Mueller gave his first in-person statement about his probe into Russian election interference and the Trump campaign's conduct surrounding it on Wednesday, notably saying that indicting President Trump was "not an option" under Department of Justice guidelines. Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), who was the first and so far only Republican in Congress to call for Trump's impeachment, decided that meant it was time for Congress to pick up where Mueller left off.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.