AG Barr: Mueller declined 'to make a traditional prosecutorial judgment' on obstruction of justice, leaving it up to AG to choose. Barr declined to do so based on evidence presented and not because of DOJ guidelines on prosecuting a sitting president.
"As the report states: '[T]he investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities,'" Barr wrote.
"Instead, for each of the relevant actions investigated, the report sets out evidence on both sides of the question and leaves unresolved what the Special Counsel views as 'difficult issues' of law and fact concerning whether the President’s actions and intent could be viewed as obstruction," Barr wrote."The Special Counsel states that 'while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.
Trump's outside counsel, Rudy Giuliani, told NBC News that the report was"better than expected." He added in comments to CNN,"the president did not do anything wrong."
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