President Trump after release of AG Barr's summary of the Mueller report: 'It's a shame that our country had to go through this. To be honest, it's a shame that your president had to go through this.'
The president's remarks came just after he tweeted similar remarks about the findings.No Collusion, No Obstruction, Complete and Total EXONERATION. KEEP AMERICA GREAT!White House press secretary Sarah Sanders echoed his remarks earlier Sunday afternoon,"The Special Counsel did not find any collusion and did not find any obstruction. AG Barr and DAG Rosenstein further determined there was no obstruction.
Barr wrote that Mueller declined"to make a traditional prosecutorial judgment" on obstruction of justice, leaving it up to the attorney general to choose whether to bring forth obstruction charges against the president for actions such as his firing of then-FBI Director James Comey in May 2017. Barr said he declined to do so based on the evidence presented and not because of Department of Justice guidelines on prosecuting a sitting president.
On Friday, Mueller submitted his report to Barr, who is not required by the regulations governing the special counsel to notify Congress of more than"Barr released what he called Mueller's"principal conclusions" on Sunday.
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