Collusion. Collusion. Collusion: Mueller report says Trump campaign had 'numerous links' with Russia
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The Mueller report could not be more clear on the point of collusion if it were written in all 48-point headlines and ended every sentence with an exclamation report. In his March 24 letter to Congress, Attorney General William Barr gave Donald Trump a blankCollusion. Collusion. Collusion: Mueller report says Trump campaign had 'numerous links' with Russia
The Mueller report could not be more clear on the point of collusion if it were written in all 48-point headlines and ended every sentence with an exclamation report. In his March 24 letter to Congress, Attorney General William Barr gave Donald Trump a blanket waiver of any charges of conspiracy. In doing so, he cited a single sentence fragment from the Mueller report. Barr not only leaned heavily on this partial sentence in his report to Congress, but he also repeated it five times in his pre-report press conference. Here’s how those words looked when cited by Barr. The Special Counsel's investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election. 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.” But context is everything. Here’s what the very first page of the Mueller report actually says (bolding added). The investigation identified numerous links between the Russian government and the Trump campaign. Although the investigation established that the Russian government perceived it would benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome, and the Campaign expected it would benefit from information stolen and released by the Russian efforts, the investigation did not establish that member of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities. Numerous links between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Why was there “no collusion”? Because the Mueller report explicitly says they didn’t look for collusion. Read more