"Believe it because it's true: Russia did us dirty, and they will do it again, and this president and his people did things that were wrong and lied about what they did," CNN's Chris Cuomo said Wednesday night, following former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's six hours of House testimony. "So now what?" First, Republicans have to get serious about protecting U.S. elections from foreign interference — Trump rails against it, but "let him deal with protecting himself, that's what he does best," Cuomo said. "Second, what to do about all the wrongdoing by this president and those around him?"
Democrats could launch impeachment proceedings against Trump, as Mueller seemed to suggest doing. But "if Democrats don't want to go down that road, then get off the road and make this election about what we know and what voters want from their government and the Congress and their presidency," Cuomo said. "Mr. Mueller did not give them a tailwind today — he already said what he could say in the report," but "the president gave you all the ammunition you need today in his victory lap, of all ironies."
The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
The vast horizons of the Puna de AtacamaThe Week Recommends The ‘dramatic and surreal’ landscape features volcanoes, fumaroles and salt flats
-
Asylum hotels: everything you need to knowThe Explainer Using hotels to house asylum seekers has proved extremely unpopular. Why, and what can the government do about it?
-
Crossword: November 16, 2025The daily crossword from The Week
-
Trump DOJ sues to block California redistrictingSpeed Read California’s new congressional map was drawn by Democrats to flip Republican-held House seats
-
GOP retreats from shutdown deal payout provisionSpeed Read Senators are distancing themselves from a controversial provision in the new government funding package
-
Catholic bishops rebuke Trump on immigrationSpeed Read ‘We feel compelled’ to ‘raise our voices in defense of God-given human dignity,’ the bishops said
-
House releases Epstein emails referencing TrumpSpeed Read The emails suggest Trump knew more about Epstein’s sex trafficking of underage women than he has claimed
-
Newsom slams Trump’s climate denial at COP30speed read Trump, who has called climate change a ‘hoax,’ declined to send any officials to this week’s summit
-
UK, Colombia halt intel to US over boat attacksSpeed Read Both countries have suspended intelligence sharing with the US over the bombing of civilian boats suspected of drug smuggling
-
Trump pardons 2020 fake electors, other GOP alliesSpeed Read The president pardoned Rudy Giuliani and more who tried to overturn his 2020 election loss
-
Supreme Court to decide on mail-in ballot limitsSpeed Read The court will determine whether states can count mail-in ballots received after Election Day
