Russian officials have seized on Attorney General William Barr's letter to Congress to exonerate their government.
Attorney General William Barr wrote a letter to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees on Sunday presenting his brief summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report into potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
“We have studied some extracts and conclusions [of Mueller’s report], which in fact state nothing new, except that it acknowledges the lack of any sort of conspiracy,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Monday. Experts, however, argued that Barr’s letter should not distract from the fact that Russia has interfered in not only the U.S. democratic process but also elections around the world. They warned that Russia may attempt to twist Barr’s conclusions to fit its own agenda. What's more, they said, Moscow may be emboldened if it sees that its efforts to sew discord paid off.
Jed Shugerman, a professor at Fordham Law, argues that the extent of Russian election interference and the role played by U.S. persons could become clearer as U.S. lawmakers work to obtain a complete version of the Mueller report. For now, lawmakers only have Barr’s letter, which includes just one page on Russia.
But while Congress is fighting to obtain a complete version of Mueller’s conclusions, analysts note that Russian media is celebrating Barr’s letter.
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