Democrats are demanding that Attorney General William Barr turn over special counsel Robert Mueller's confidential report and the underlying evidence he gathered so they can draw their own conclusions.
President Donald Trump waves after stepping off Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Sunday, March 24, 2019, in Washington. WASHINGTON -- Special counsel Robert Mueller spent 22 months examining whether Donald Trump's campaign conspired with Russia to sway the 2016 election.But the question of whether Trump obstructed justice wasn't so clear cut. In laying out Mueller's findings , Attorney General William Barr said the special counsel didn't weigh in on the question.
"While this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him," Mueller wrote in his report.According to Barr, Mueller left unresolved what he viewed as the "'difficult issues' of law and fact concerning whether the President's actions and intent could be viewed as obstruction."Absent a recommendation from Mueller, Barr said he stepped in.
Barr said he determined that none of Trump's actions amounted to obstruction and that there was not sufficient evidence to show he acted with a "corrupt intent."THE BAR FOR COLLUSION PROSECUTION WAS HIGHIn assessing whether Americans committed crimes related to Russia's election interference, Mueller was looking for a specific agreement "tacit or express" between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.
Court papers also show that Mueller uncovered that a Maltese professor told a Trump campaign foreign policy adviser that the Russians had dirt on Clinton in the form of emails-- a message passed along weeks before it became public that Democratic groups had been hacked. Trump was also trying to cut a business deal in Russia during the campaign, an effort that included his personal lawyer discussing the proposal with a Kremlin official.No.
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