A brief summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report said the Trump campaign did not "conspire or coordinate" with Russia but also "does not exonerate" the president of obstructing justice during the subsequent investigation.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report did not find that members of President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign conspired with Russian entities seeking to influence the election but also did not exonerate the president on obstruction-of-justice allegations, according to a summary of Mueller’s findings released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Sunday.
According to the summary, Mueller's report considered two main efforts of Russian election interference: A disinformation and social media campaign spearheaded by Russia's Internet Research Agency, and the Russian government's successful hacking of Democratic Party officials and members of the Hillary Clinton campaign.
Attorney General William Barr cited Mueller's report as saying that no Trump team officials "conspired or knowingly coordinated" with the Internet Research Agency in its disinformation efforts surrounding the 2016 election.
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