The report did not conclude the President committed a crime, but also ‘does not exonerate him,' Mueller wrote, according to Attorney-General William Barr in a summary letter to Congress
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“While this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him,” Mr. Mueller wrote of obstruction, according to Mr. Barr in a four-page summary letter to Congress released Sunday.The first revelations from Mr. Mueller’s nearly two-year investigation finally answer a key question of the 2016 campaign: Whether Mr. Trump and his inner circle were in on a Kremlin plot to help Mr. Trump win.
“There was no collusion with Russia. There was no obstruction. None whatsoever,” Mr. Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One in Florida Sunday evening to head back to Washington. “This was an illegal takedown that failed.” Congress, however, will want to see exactly what Mr. Mueller uncovered on potential obstruction of justice, rather than taking the word of Mr. Barr – who was appointed by the President – that it does not constitute a crime. Mr. Mueller, Mr. Barr said, opted to simply lay out the evidence for and against an obstruction charge without saying whether one was warranted.Democratic leaders swiftly accused Mr. Barr of bias in favour of the President. In a previous memo, he argued that Mr.
Mr. Barr said he might release more of the report, but said he still had to sort out whether doing so would violate rules against releasing information presented to a grand jury, or whether any of the report’s findings were part of other continuing proceedings.“My goal and intent is to release as much of the special counsel’s report as I can consistent with applicable law, regulation and Departmental policies,” he wrote.
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