“The Special Counsel’s decision to describe the facts of his obstruction investigation without reaching any legal conclusions leaves it to the Attorney General to determine whether the conduct described in the report constitutes a crime,” Barr’s summary states.īarr then says the Department of Justice has already determined that Trump did not obstruct justice. Mueller left it up to Attorney General Barr, who was appointed by Trump to head the DOJ in December, to decide whether a crime was committed. On the separate issue of whether Trump attempted to obstruct justice during the subsequent investigation, Barr quoted Mueller as saying: “This report does not conclude that the president committed a crime.” Three Russian companies were also charged. Mueller has indicted 25 Russians on charges related to election interference, accused either in connection with hacking Democratic emails or a widespread social media campaign that spread disinformation online. However, nothing major worth acting on.Īccording to the summary, Mueller’s report considered two main efforts of Russian election interference: A disinformation and social media campaign spearheaded by Russia’s Internet Research Agency, and the Russian government’s successful hacking of Democratic Party officials and members of the Hillary Clinton campaign.Īttorney General William Barr cited Mueller’s report as saying that no Trump team officials “conspired or knowingly coordinated” with the Internet Research Agency in its disinformation efforts surrounding the 2016 election.įurthermore, his investigation “did not establish” that any members of the Trump campaign “conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities”. Trump quickly hailed the report as a “complete and total exoneration”, it also did not absolve the president on obstruction-of-justice allegations, according to a summary of Mueller’s findings released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Sunday.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report did not find that members of President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign conspired with Russian entities seeking to influence the election. A brief summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report said the Trump campaign did not “conspire or coordinate” with Russia.
0 kommentar(er)
