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The principal findings

Image may contain: 1 person, text1. Russia interfered with the 2016 election

2. Mueller didn’t find collusion by the Trump campaign

3. Mueller did not exonerate Trump of obstruction, but the AG won’t prosecute him for obstruction

In a letter to Congress, which you can read in entirety here, the Attorney General summarized the results of Mueller’s investigation as follows:

1. The Russian government tried to influence the 2016 election through two main efforts: (a) disinformation and social media operations, and (b) computer hacking operations directed at the Clinton campaign and Democratic organizations.

2. The Russians offered to assist the Trump campaign, but Mueller did not find the campaign or anyone associated with it accepted these offers or conspired or coordinated with the Russians. In other words, Mueller did not find evidence of collusion.

3. Mueller’s investigation did not establish that Trump was involved in a crime related to the Russian election interference.

4. Mueller left decisions to charge anyone with obstruction of justice to the Attorney General. He only described the facts, without reaching any legal conclusions. His report stated, “while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.” Barr’s letter says he and Rosenstein have concluded Mueller’s evidence “is not sufficient to establish that the President committed an obstruction-of-justice offense.” The lack of a finding that Trump committed an underlying crime was a major factor in this decision. [In other words, since there was no crime to hide, his efforts to interfere with the investigation are immaterial — Author.]

In other words, no bombshells, it just confirms what was already public knowledge. Mueller’s previous court filings largely told the story.


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