President Trump's defiant mantra - 'no collusion!' - became a rallying cry for his re-election after the Justice Department said there was no evidence that his campaign conspired with Russia during the 2016 election.
Washington - President Trump's defiant mantra - "no collusion!" - became a rallying cry for his re-election Sunday after the Justice Department said there was no evidence that his campaign conspired with Russia during the 2016 election.
The extent of his victory could be tempered, though, if Democrats succeed in their push for Mueller's complete report to be released and the documents reveal questionable behavior by the president. Democrats made clear on Sunday that they wanted to see the full report and would call Attorney General William Barr to testify under oath.
"What they do is they clear the deck for there to be an evaluation based upon his record as president," said former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican and Trump ally, who called it a "very good day" for the president. "It lifts a cloud that was over the White House for the entire time he was there."
White House aides and Trump allies moved quickly to take advantage of the moment. Campaign officials released a lengthy video called "Collusion Hoax!" and White House officials issued a flurry of talking points that defended the president while attacking Democrats. Douglas Brinkley, a presidential historian at Rice University, said: "Trump actually kind of has inoculation now against other charges against him because he was able to prove his innocence here. It allows Donald Trump to build his narrative about how the news media and the Democrats created this whole Russia collusion hoax, in Trump's mind."
"There is always peril there," Christie said. "I've always thought that the SDNY investigation was much more dangerous than the Mueller investigation because it has no restriction on its scope." Trump was buoyant all weekend because the investigation was over, golfing with Kid Rock and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., greeting donors and supporters at a political dinner and hanging out with friends on the Mar-a-Lago patio.
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