Attorney General William Barr stressed Thursday during his press conference that although Special counsel Robert Mueller detailed 10 “episodes” involving actions by President Trump that might have constituted obstruction of justice, neither the DOJ, nor Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein believed those actions violated the law.
Barr said based on the evidence that Trump’s action had “non-corrupt motives.” The redacted version of Mueller’s report was released late Thursday. The very few redactions in the behemoth report show the reasons for the decisions, which were based on recommendations made by the intelligence community, DOJ and Mueller prosecutors to protect classified information, sources and methods and information pertaining to ongoing litigation.
WHAT WILL UNFOLD IS AN INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HISTORIANS WILL CONSIDER ONE OF THE GREATEST POLITICAL ‘WITCH-HUNTS’ IN U.S. HISTORY. IF JUSTICE IS SERVED, THOSE RESPONSIBLE WILL BE OUTED AND PROSECUTED.
The roughly 400 page report is what it is and now it is available for the public. After more than two years and national media consumption of every rumor possible the investigation has concluded that neither President Trump, anyone on his campaign and no American colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 election.
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