Mueller Report Released, Read It Here

During a Thursday morning press conference, Barr – with Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein behind him – reiterated that the special counsel found no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election. He did, however, note that there were 10 “episodes” which Mueller’s team identified that could have possibly been construed as obstruction.

“The evidence was not sufficient to charge any Campaign official as an unregistered agent of the Russian government or other Russian principal. And our evidence about the June 9, 2016 meeting and WikiLeaks’s releases of hacked materials was not sufficient to charge a criminal campaign-finance violation. Further, the evidence was not sufficient to charge that any member of the Trump Campaign conspired with representatives of the Russian government to interfere in the 2016 election.”

Key highlights: 

Trump did not try to obstruct the ‘Trump Tower meeting’ portion of the investigation: 

*MUELLER: EVIDENCE DOESN’T SHOW COMEY FIRING TO COVER UP CONSPIRACY

*MUELLER SAYS HAD ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO NOT SUBPOENA TRUMP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mueller team considered Trump's written answers 'inadequate,' but decided against subpoena fight for interview.

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) April 18, 2019

*TRUMP HAD `UNIQUE AND POWERFUL MEANS’ FOR OBSTRUCTION: REPORT

Mueller: Trump "engaged in efforts to curtail the Special Counsel's investigation and prevent the disclosure of evidence to it, including through public and private contacts with potential witnesses." pic.twitter.com/fJZz4NjMzs

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) April 18, 2019

*MUELLER CONCLUDED CONGRESS CAN DETERMINE TRUMP OBSTRUCTION

*ROSENSTEIN SAW WHITE HOUSE PUSH `FALSE STORY’ ON COMEY: REPORT

*MUELLER SAYS TRUMP `MOSTLY UNSUCCESSFUL’ IN INFLUENCING PROBE

Trump thought the appointment of the Special Counsel would be the “end of his presidency.” 

BREAKING: Mueller Report reveals that Trump campaign formally turned down 2 invitations to visit Russia during campaign and refused to provide a copy of Trump's passport for a visa

— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) April 18, 2019

BREAKING: Clovis told Papa-d in March 2016 email Trump campaign "should not go forward" w any meetings w Russians until meet w NATO allies Britain, France & Germany. Mueller Report shows he knew this but edited email in complaint vs Papa-d to make it sound like he had green light

— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) April 18, 2019

On the issue of obstruction, Mueller’s team notes “We did not make a traditional prosecution decision about these facts, but the evidence we obtained supoports several general statements about the President’s conduct.”

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“Unlike cases in which a subject engages in obstruction to cover up a crime, the evidence we obtained did not establish that the President was involved in an underlying crime related to Russian election interference,” reads the report. “Although the obstruction statutes do not require proof of such a crime, the absence of that evidence affects the analysis of the President’s intent and requires consideration of other possible motives for his conduct.”

Also interesting is that Mueller’s team investigated Trump Campaign aide George Papadopoulos to determine whether he was an Israeli agent.

Whoa — the investigation into Papadopoulos was into whether he was an Israeli agent pic.twitter.com/HUN5Z6nv4z

— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) April 18, 2019

And the conclusion: 

Read the Mueller report below and find it at the following link.

Here’s why Andrew Weismann is almost certainly the driving force behind Mueller’s embrace of a legally dubious theory of Obstruction of Justice, targeting @RuleDonaldTrump

(BIG) THREAD) pic.twitter.com/aqMWT5Zq84

— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) April 17, 2019

Of note, Mueller said he lacked confidence to clear Trump of obstruction, suggesting instead that Congress could take action on at least 10 instances where Trump sought to interfere with the probe.

“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,” reads the report sent to Congress on Thursday.

Mueller added that possible obstruction included: “discouragement of cooperation with the government and suggestions of possible future pardons.”

Mueller’s report raises new questions about whether House Democrats will intensify their investigative efforts — and perhaps move toward an impeachment inquiry despite earlier statements by leaders to the contrary.

In written answers to Mueller, Trump — whose lawyers resisted an in-person interview– said that he had “no recollection of learning at the time” that his top campaign officials met with a Russian lawyer at Trump Tower on June 9, 2016, after being promised dirt on Hillary Clinton.

Further, the president said, “I have no recollection of being told during the campaign that any foreign government or foreign leader had provided, or wished to provide, or offered to provide tangible support to my campaign.” –Bloomberg

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One analysis of the ‘obstruction’ opinion may emanate from the Mueller team’s Andrew Weismann, which is explained in great detail by Twitter user @JohnWHuber.

Here’s why Andrew Weismann is almost certainly the driving force behind Mueller’s embrace of a legally dubious theory of Obstruction of Justice, targeting @RuleDonaldTrump

(BIG) THREAD) pic.twitter.com/aqMWT5Zq84

— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) April 17, 2019

Mueller’s legal theory on Obstruction appears to be that Trump may have criminally violated 18 USC §1512 (c) by “corruptly…influencing” or “impeding” the FBI investigations into Flynn and Russian interference in the 2016 election pic.twitter.com/mxPzsTTCgG

— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) April 17, 2019

This isn't just the view of Undercover Huber, but also that of the now Attorney General (AG) Bill Barr, in a memo he wrote on June 8 2018 to Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein pic.twitter.com/r9hC1T0g7r

— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) April 17, 2019

This isn't just the view of Undercover Huber, but also that of the now Attorney General (AG) Bill Barr, in a memo he wrote on June 8 2018 to Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein pic.twitter.com/r9hC1T0g7r

— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) April 17, 2019

Here's the detail on each.

Later, we'll also get into:
—Why 1512(c) is so legally dubious for Trump "Obstruction"
—Why Weissmann would be motivated to do it anyway
—Even despite it having little chance of legal success

— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) April 17, 2019

Here's the detail on each.

Later, we'll also get into:
—Why 1512(c) is so legally dubious for Trump "Obstruction"
—Why Weissmann would be motivated to do it anyway
—Even despite it having little chance of legal success

— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) April 17, 2019

2. AGGRESSIVE LAWYERING
Using §1512(c) is untested so requires aggressively pushing the envelope of the law on “Obstruction”

WEISSMANN: uniquely qualified – illegally prosecuted Arthur Anderson, destroying the company & 85,000 jobs, later being unanimously reversed 9-0 by SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/YxszK6OXm3

— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) April 17, 2019

Now-AG Bill Barr appears to have written his June 8 2018 memo in response to the NYT leak of a week earlier, in part because of how legally dubious the Mueller/Weissmann obstruction theory outraged him so much it required him to put pen to paper immediately pic.twitter.com/X2oXwO0zJd

— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) April 17, 2019

Question: If Barr thought Mueller was being "grossly irresponsible" way back in June 2018, what do you think he thinks now, after Mueller left "Collusion" dangling through the mid terms? And now he's AG. Why did Mueller and crew pack their bags again?

— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) April 17, 2019

There are multiple federal statutes for Obstruction. §1501, 1503, 1505, 1510-1513, 1516-20 – and none of them apply to this theory with Trump except §1512 (c), which has never been used for a situation like this. Barr didn't cover these in his memo. so here’s a Huber summary. pic.twitter.com/O3S9D9eyrR

— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) April 17, 2019

(Click on any of Huber’s tweets to continue reading)