Mueller's report found no Russia conspiracy, but obstruction of justice is a murkier question
Share to twitterAttorney General William P. Barr has delivered a letter to Congress summarizing the conclusions of the Special Counsel Mueller’s two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.According to Barr, persons associated with the Russian Federation did indeed conspire to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
The finding is striking given the extensive public record, including material included in pleadings from the Special Counsel, that there isevidence of collaboration by President Trump and his inner circle with the Russians, as outlined in myIf Barr’s quote from the Mueller report is accurate, it would appear that Mueller’s team was not able to prove criminal conspiracy beyond a reasonable doubt, despite the fact that Trump campaign officials, including his son, knew of the foreign conspiracies...
We do not know from Barr’s letter whether the Mueller report dealt with other obvious issues, including Trump’s secret pursuit of a lucrative business deal while he was campaigning to be president, his continuing lies about the deal while he was president, and the risk of the U.S. Presidency having become a potential victim of blackmail The appointment of Special Counsel Mueller was prompted by possible concerns of Trump obstructing justice, following the firing of FBI director, James Comey.
The failure to exonerate Trump is unsurprising, given the many examples of public conduct by Trump that seemingly indicate a systematic and unprecedented effort to obstruct justice. According to Barr’s letter, the Mueller report “does not draw a conclusion—one way or the other—as to whether the examined conduct constituted obstruction.” According to Barr’s letter, the Special Counsel saw “’difficult issues’ of law and fact,” without specifying what they were.Barr’s letter nevertheless announces that he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein have now concluded that the evidence is not sufficient to establish that the president committed an obstruction-of-justice offense.
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