Mueller also detailed 10 instances Trump might have obstructed justice, though Attorney General William Barr determined Trump did not obstruct the investigation... ..…

Barr faced criticism he gave at Main Justice shortly before Mueller’s report was released Thursday. ... Barr only underscored this lesson by finding that the evidence does not support charging the president with obstruction of justice.” [] . >> Jennifer Daskal of..…

'The opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug crisis in American history, and Appalachia has suffered the consequences more than perhaps any region,' Attorney General William Barr said in a statement. 'But the Department of Justice is doing its part to help end this crisis.' . ..…

Barr previewed the in letter to lawmakers last month and again on Thursday in press conference just before Justice Department released the nearly 450-page document... ... Last month and again on Thursday, Barr downplayed the role that Justice Department guidelines..…

Obstruction of justice . Barr’s determination that Trump did not commit obstruction of justice differs from the conclusion Mueller drew in his own report. ... Barr’s March 24 letter to Congress summarizing the findings of Mueller’s report. ..…

Barr says that after reviewing the report and consulting with Justice Department officials, he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein concluded that the evidence “is not sufficient to establish that the President committed an obstruction-of-justice offense.” . . ..…

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Neither Mueller, Obama FBI, DOJ, CIA, State Department, nor Deep State ever had good-faith basis to pursue President Trump on Russia collusion. By finally initiating investigation of Attorney General Barr can begin restoring the credibility of Justice Department Clinton email and..…

While Attorney General William Barr wrote in a memo prior to his appointment last year that Trump could not have obstructed justice because he had the legal authority to do things like fire Comey and consider pardons for witnesses, Mueller took a tougher line, saying 'we were not persuaded..…

If anything, the report has caused additional splintering, with divisions coming into view between Mueller’s team and the Justice Department. While Attorney General William Barr has essentially declared that Trump is legally in the clear, the report suggests Mueller’s team believed it..…

Mueller also clearly did not in any way encourage Attorney General William Barr to end further inquiry into whether the president obstructed justice. ... Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said that “Attorney General Barr appears to have shown an..…

“As we continue to review the report, one thing is clear: Attorney General Barr presented a conclusion that the president did not obstruct justice while Mueller’s report appears to undercut that finding,” they said. . ..…

In the hours some Democrats on Capitol Hill called not to impeach the President except for the removal of Attorney General William Barr... ... Instead, they zeroed-in on Mueller examined concerning the President and his obstruction of justice -- and Barr's determination that..…

Whether the president obstructed justice will not be decided by Barr's refusal to indict Trump, except rather the conclusions of Congress and the in either impeachment proceedings — or the ballot box in 2020.. ..…

As Barr indicated, this is a fundamental deviation from the traditional role of the prosecutor. ... Barr then moved on to whether President Trump had obstructed justice in his removal of former FBI Director James Comey and other interactions with law enforcement. ..…

There is, too, the more basic issue of Imagine you're the manager of At­lanta's BNL branch who's wound up Barr's cross hairs because Justice De­partment and everybody else in Bush administration needed scapegoat for their own policy errors. ..…

“After carefully reviewing the facts and legal theories outlined in the report, and in consultation with the Office of Legal Counsel and other Department lawyers, the Deputy Attorney General and I concluded that the evidence developed by the Special Counsel is not sufficient to establish that the President..…

At other times, Trump wanted to obstruct the obstruction of justice investigation Mueller was conducting into him. . ... Separately, Mueller disagreed with Barr's previous assertion that the President as chief executive isn't capable of obstructing justice -- another important..…

But he said that based on the evidence and legal framework presented by Mueller, they concluded the investigation did not establish that Trump had committed the criminal offense of obstruction of justice. . During his press conference, Barr claimed that “the White House fully cooperated..…