Full text: The Mueller report
Special counsel Robert Mueller wrote in his report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign that although he lacked sufficient evidence to clear or charge President Trump on possible obstruction of justice, Congress could take up the issue.
“We concluded that Congress has authority to prohibit a president’s corrupt use of his authority in order to protect the integrity of the administration of justice,” Mueller wrote in his 381-page report, a redacted version of which was released by the Justice Department Thursday.
Mueller made clear in his report that he did not believe his investigation cleared the president of much.
“If we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state,” Mueller wrote.
Still, Mueller wrote that Trump was, for the most part, unsuccessful in influencing the outcome of the investigation.
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