| March 28, 2019 11:44 AM
Liberal billionaire Tom Steyer has refused to abandon his campaign for President Trump’s impeachment even after the special counsel’s report found no evidence of collusion between Trump and Russia.
“The Democratic leadership in the Congress has the same goals and values that I do. But we have something that we disagree about, that is about tactics not about values or goals,” Steyer told ABC News in a podcast Thursday, referencing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s call for Democrats to back off calls for impeachment.
Steyer said the “Need to Impeach” movement, which he heads, carry on seeking support for the removal of Trump from the White House.
“This is a movement … [that] will continue regardless of whether the House leadership is willing to hold hearings, regardless of whether we get the tax returns, regardless of whether the Mueller report ever is available to the American people,” Steyer said. “The question in all of this is: does it rise to the level of removing the president of the United States? And my point was that I believe this is the most corrupt president in American history.”
Attorney General William Barr released a summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings in the Russian investigation over the weekend, which he said found no members of the Trump camp colluded with the Kremlin in the 2016 elections.
Despite the findings, Steyer said he will continue to work toward impeachment and remain involved politically, a movement he has invested more than $40 million in already.
Steyer was rumored to have been considering running for president in 2020, but in January said that he would not be running and instead would focus on getting Trump removed from office.