Former FBI Director James Comey 'can't quite understand' why special counsel Robert Mueller passed obstruction decision to Attorney General William Barr.
No video or audio recordings of the event were allowed, but a number of reporters were in attendance.Comey said he wasn't hoping for "a particular result" -- despite the president's penchant for calling him "Lyin' James Comey" on Twitter -- but did have a problem with Mueller not taking a position on obstruction and allowing Barr, a Trump appointee, to decide on filing an indictment.
Mueller wrote in his report that he could not conclude that Trump committed obstruction, but also that the report does not exonerate him.
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