Article snippet: There was relief for the White House and frustration for MORE’s findings was released by Attorney General William Barr. The 22-month probe is over. Here are the main takeaways. A big win for Trump The president could hardly have hoped for a better outcome than the one delivered in Barr’s letter to Congress. “No collusion,” the president has always insisted. Special counsel Robert Mueller and his team now agree. “The Special Counsel’s investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia” regarding the 2016 election, according to the letter. The exoneration on the central question of the investigation has to be taken seriously given the resources Mueller brought to the task. He employed 19 lawyers, had the assistance of about 40 FBI agents and issued more than 2,800 subpoenas. On the question of potential obstruction of justice, Mueller was equivocal, saying he had neither exonerated Trump nor concluded that he had committed a crime. Instead, Mueller punted that question to Barr and Deputy Attorney General MORE, who concluded that the “evidence developed … is not sufficient to establish that the President committed an obstruction-of-justice offense.” Democrats will want to know a lot more about that. Meanwhile, the president boasted that he had received “a complete and total exoneration” when he spoke to reporters briefly before boarding Air Force One in Florida. Congressional allies were just as forc... Link to the full article to read more
Mueller delivers a win for Trump — Five Takeaways | TheHill
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