Democrats say Trump impeachment proceedings 'possibly coming' after Mueller report.
on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials and whether the president sought to obstruct justice, Mueller was unable to establish a Trump-Russia conspiracy and said he could not come to a traditional prosecutorial decision regarding obstruction.
"In sum, the investigation established multiple links between Trump Campaign officials and individuals tied to the Russian government," he wrote of possible collusion."Those links included Russian offers of assistance to the Campaign. In some instances, the Campaign was receptive to the offer, while in other instances the Campaign officials shied away.
On obstruction, Mueller wrote that if his team"had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state." "Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him," he wrote, later saying that Trump's"efforts to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful, but that is largely because the persons who surrounded the President declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests.
But Democrats are clearly divided on the issue. On Thursday, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md.,
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