Article snippet: Attorney General William Barr has notified Congress that special counsel MORE’s campaign conspired with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election. The bombshell disclosure appeared to resolve a core question of the Mueller investigation. It sent shock waves through Washington, with Trump and his allies claiming total vindication of the president after the investigation dogged the White House for just shy of two years. However, Barr’s four-page letter sent Sunday has raised new questions, and the full contents of Mueller’s final, confidential report to the Justice Department remain shrouded in mystery. Here are three questions that remain even as Mueller closes up shop. Why didn’t Mueller make a judgment on obstruction of justice? Mueller was appointed special counsel in May 2017 to investigate Russian interference and the possibility that associates of the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia. His investigation also explored whether Trump obstructed justice; ultimately, he did not make a judgment one way or another, according to Barr's letter. Most of the conversation around potential obstruction has centered on Trump’s firing of FBI Director MORE, a decision that ultimately triggered Mueller’s appointment weeks later. Trump hinted in a subsequent interview that he removed Comey because of the Russia investigation, which Comey originally oversaw. Obstruction of justice is a difficult crime to prove. There is also a legal debate surrounding whether a president ca... Link to the full article to read more