The Justice Department on Thursday morning delivered a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s final report on the Russia investigation to Congress.
Attorney General William Barr presented the House and Senate Judiciary committees with copies of the redacted report, which was published on the Justice Department website as well.
Barr held a press conference earlier in the morning on the release of the report in which he said President Trump and his lawyers offered no input on any of the redactions.
"No material has been redacted based on executive privilege,” Barr said at the Justice Department. “The president's personal lawyers were not permitted to make, and did not request, any redactions."
Mueller’s team was not able to reach a conclusion that “no criminal conduct occurred,” the report stated.
“The evidence we obtained about the President’s actions and intent presents difficult issues that prevent us from conclusively determining that no criminal conduct occurred,” the report states. “Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”
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