Democrat commentator Donna Brazile said Sunday that U.S. voters should "celebrate" that special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation determined "the Russians had no help from Americans” during the 2016 election.
In remarks on Fox News regarding Attorney General William Barr's release Sunday of a summary of the Mueller probe, Brazile, who has served as chair of the National Democratic Committee and now works as a Fox commentator, said she hopes, however, Americans will take time to "absorb" the news.
"We have to evaluate," she said.
"We were told just a few minutes ago what was in the report, we have not seen any of the summaries," she cautioned. "I mean, I want to believe when I heard . . . the Russians had no help from Americans. I want to believe that because I understand Mr. Mueller interviewed 500 people, had 2,900 subpoenas, I want to believe that that occurred.
"And I trust the fact because I have never spent one day on air criticizing the Justice Department, the president has," she continued.
"All I'm asking is give the American people opportunity to absorb the information."
She also said "democracy today is still on trial."
"As our president, [Donald Trump] needs to understand that this rises above just himself and his party but it calls upon us as Americans to look at ourselves and say, 'OK, the Russians were at it, they did not get us.'
"But the president of the United States now needs to understand that our democracy must be protected, if he's able to do that, then the victory, his victory, it is our victory because we have to protect our country."
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