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The U.S President Donald Trump has launched a fresh attack on Democrats. He blamed the party of unspecified illegality following a weekend of talk regarding his possible impeachment. Democratic leaders have rejected to rule out starting proceedings to remove the president from office. Their decision took place after a heavily-redacted version of the Mueller report was released on Thursday. Some prominent party figures, including Elizabeth Warren, and Julian Castro have gone further by making outright calls for the impeachment process to begin.

Trump has responded to that prospect by claiming the Democrats have orchestrated a criminal conspiracy in order to undermine his administration without evidence. Trump said on Twitter, “How do you impeach a Republican President for a crime that was committed by the Democrats”? The U.S House judiciary committee chairman Jerrold Nadler would spearhead any such proceedings. He said Democrats would see where the facts lead us after completing their own investigation. A redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was issued on Thursday following a 22-month investigation.

The findings detailed a number of occasions in which Trump attempted to thwart the probe. Mueller also pointed out that Congress has the power to address whether the president had broken the law. Democrats are expected to discuss what action to take in the coming weeks. The Chairman of U.S House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff informed Fox News, “That’s going to be a very consequential decision and one I’m going to reserve judgment on until we have a chance to fully deliberate on it”. Democrats have planned a conference call for Monday afternoon to discuss their next steps in response to the Mueller report. Nadler issued a subpoena to the Justice Department to hand over the full, un-redacted report, and underlying evidence by May 1.