Fox News host Sean Hannity, a friend of President Donald Trump, reacted to the submission of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on March 22.
Hannity appeared to revel in the news, announcing at the opening of his show: “The left’s favorite conspiracy theory is now dead, it is buried.
“There was no collusion, no conspiracy, no obstruction, nothing,” he added. “The witch hunt is over and there will be no further charges, no further indictments.”
Hannity noted how long the probe lasted and included the investigation that the FBI launched while Trump was still a candidate, saying altogether it lasted “nearly three years.”
“President Trump, no more indictments, no collusion charges will be filed, no obstruction charges will be filed, and no conspiracy charges, nor will they be filed.”
Hannity highlighted a reaction by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), another ally of Trump.
Meadows took to Twitter to react to the news that no additional indictments would be filed, saying: “The Mueller report delivery suggests no more indictments are coming from the Special Counsel.”
“If true, it would mean we just completed 2 years of investigating ‘Russian collusion’ without ONE collusion-related indictment. Not even one. Why? Because there was no collusion,” he added.
“After two years, tens of millions of your tax dollars, the Mueller witch hunt only managed to prosecute oh, a few people, for process crimes,” Hannity said.
“What do they all have in common? Nothing, zero to do with Trump, the campaign, Russia, or collusion,” Hannity concluded.
Hannity is the nation’s most popular cable news host, ratings-wise.
In contrast to his reaction, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, the most popular non-Fox News host in the nation, appeared to struggle to hold back tears while assuring viewers that the Mueller report “is the start of something apparently, not the end of something.”
Despite Mueller saying no collusion-related indictments would be coming, Maddow added: “For everything that we’ve been through as a country, for every kind of trial and challenge and intrigue and embarrassment and scandal that we have been through as a nation, we haven’t ever had to reckon with the possibility that somebody has ascended to the presidency of the United States to serve the interests of another country rather than our own.”
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