reporter departs with his official copy of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian in U.S election, outside Department of Justice Washington, U.S., April 18, 2019. ..…

As for Barr’s statement on obstruction, the report makes clear that Mueller expressly declined to say Trump did not obstruct justice. . “If we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the president clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so..…

The good news for White House is that Mueller could not prove conspiracy involving Trump campaign to have Russia influence the 2016 elections and that Mueller did not recommend obstruction of justice charges. ... The open question is whether Congress will have the stomach to..…

As the attempts to obfuscate were directed at the public, and not Congressional and special prosecutor’s office official, Mueller’s team stated that his actions did not amount to obstructions of justice. . ..…

Mueller’s team closely examined Trump’s public statements, whether uttered aloud to reporters or typed on Twitter, as part of its investigation into whether the president obstructed justice. In the report, Mueller’s team identified numerous instances in which Trump offered praise not..…

Speaking on Thursday at media conference at US Justice Department, Mueller's two-year investigation did not uncover any clear evidence that Trump obstructed the special counsel probe. ..…

., is signaling that he's ready to take the baton that Mueller is passing, disturbing evidence that Trump engaged in obstruction of justice and other misconduct.. ..…

Barr,  is also expected to detail Justice Department's interactions with White House in Justice Kerri Kupec said. . Still, that wo not be enough to satisfy Democrats demands for full, unredacted version of Mueller's report, if not much longer.. ..…

Robert Mueller, the president tried to persuade McGahn to rebut the coverage, and McGahn refused because the articles were accurate, according to Mueller report.. ... Reince Priebus, the chief of staff, told Sessions that his letter, could function he had Justice Department by the..…

In analyzing whether Trump obstructed justice, Mueller looked at series of actions by Trump, including his attempts to remove Mueller and limit the scope of his probe and efforts to prevent the public from knowing about June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower New York between campaign officials..…

One in deciding whether the president obstructed justice, however, was that Mueller and his team did not establish that the President was involved in underlying crime related to Russian interference, ... ..…

In his pre-release press conference, AG Barr excused and defended President Trump's, dishonest attacks against DOJ, FBI, and the professionals on Special Counsel Mueller's team as sincere frustration and anger. ..…

President's decision to meet one-on-one with Comey contravened the advice of White House Counsel that the President should not communicate with Department of Justice to avoid any appearance of interfering enforcement activities. According to Mueller's report, in the weeks 2017, ion he was..…

Even in its incomplete form, Mueller report outlines disturbing evidence that President Trump engaged obstruction of justice and other misconduct, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., ers New York... ... House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., also..…

The agency would go on to get information about billions of phone calls under the program, which was also approved by the then-head of the Justice Department's criminal division — Mueller. . ... He stayed in touch with former co-workers and 'would have Christmas parties at his home with..…

The Special Counsel “did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities,” Barr said, quoting the Mueller report. . He also said that he and Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein determined there was no..…

From the firing of FBI Director James Comey to Trump efforts to shut down and to interfere with Mueller's investigation, there's credible case of obstruction of justice against the president, .. ..…

 An early analysis by AP also found that, Trump tried to seize control of Russia probe and force Mueller's removal to stop him from investigating obstruction of justice by the president... ... Meanwhile federal prosecutors told judge on Wednesday in court filing in the..…

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein listens while Attorney General William Barr speaks during press conference about the release of Mueller Report at Department of Justice Washington on April 18, 2019 .. ... Attorney General William Barr speaks during press conference on the release of..…

The DoJ has just released the version of Mueller Report, here it is. Live-Blogging Mueller Report... ..…

The president's efforts to influence the investigation were unsuccessful, and that is Mueller wrote, giving Congress authorization to probe Trump for obstructing justice.. Attorney General William Barr speaks Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, right, and acting Principal Associate..…

Barr had written memo to Justice Department June 2018, that Mueller appeared to be proposing expansion of obstruction laws.. ..…

The Justice Department released a redacted version of Mueller’s report on Thursday. . ___ . 12:15 p.m. . ... Mueller remains a Justice Department employee, and Barr could have blocked Mueller from speaking to Congress. ..…

The report states Trump at one point directed McGahn to tell the attorney general to remove Mueller from the investigation based on supposed conflicts of interest Trump often raised that Justice Department had determined were meritless.. ..…

Barr shed light on how Justice Department finalized Mueller's report for release at 30 a.m press conference, from Special Counsel's Office. ..…

Attorney General William Barr speaks during press conference on the release of the version of Mueller report at Department of Justice Washington, on April 18, 2019 Mueller Report. ..…

Trump ordered White House counsel to claim that stories about the president wanting to fire Mueller were false.. Mueller III said investigators struggled with both the legal implications of investigating President Trump for obstruction of justice and the motives behind range of..…

The pair called on Mueller to testify on Capitol Hill, following Barr's regrettably partisan handling of the release. Mueller's team, however, did assist Justice Department with making redactions... ..…

Writing to Congress in late March, Barr stated Mueller did not establish any collusion between Russia and anyone on the Trump campaign in 2016 and that Mueller did not reach a conclusion on obstruction of justice one way or the other. ... The Mueller saga is playing out at the same..…

The Mueller investigation . . APRIL 18, 2019 . Mueller Report Released . ... Department of Justice releases a redacted version of the nearly 400-page report of special counsel Robert Mueller on Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. ..…

We now know that special counsel Robert Mueller's report laid out 10 distinct episodes of obstruction of justice.1 But even before today, we already knew that Donald Trump was unfit for office, and has acted with disqualifying contempt for the rule of law. ..…

References to most of those offshoot investigations were redacted in the version of the Mueller report released Thursday by the Department of Justice. . ... “If we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of..…

Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein have ongoing investigations, among other things, after Mueller submitted the report to Justice Department last month.. Barr quoted from Mueller's investigation that claimed it did not find that Trump campaign or anyone associated..…

At the time, that Mueller presented evidence that could be seen as obstruction of justice, and that he did not decide to reach conclusion... We'll know soon whether Barr is conveying the substance of Mueller's report, and many questions will remain even after it's released. ..…