Ted Lieu, D-Calif., that an unsuccessful attempt to obstruct justice would still be a crime. On Wednesday, pointing to the criminal statute, Mueller told Rep. Attorney General William Barr, after receiving Mueller's report, cleared Trump of obstruction of justice. His report does detail the president's attempts to muddy the investigation, including efforts to tamper with witnesses and fire the special counsel. The former special counsel declined to come to a conclusion on whether or not the president obstructed justice - citing DOJ policy not to indict a sitting president. It's unclear exactly what point in Mueller's testimony the contributor is referring to here, but Mueller did indeed say Wednesday that his investigation was not "stopped or hindered." Trump claimed on Wednesday that an unimpeded investigation could not have been obstructed, pointing to a Fox News contributor's analysis.
In such cases, the Office was not able to corroborate witness statements through comparison to contemporaneous communications or fully question witnesses about statements that appeared inconsistent with known facts." Trump says there was 'NO OBSTRUCTION' of Mueller's investigation. Here's what the report said: "ome of the individuals we interviewed or whose conduct we investigated - including some associated with the Trump campaign - deleted relevant communications or communicated during the relevant period using applications that feature encryption or do not provide for long term retention of data or communication records. "Constrained by uncooperative witnesses, the destruction of documents and the use of encrypted communications, your team was not able to establish each of the elements of the crime of conspiracy beyond a reasonable doubt, so not a provable crime, in any event," Schiff said. House Intel Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., made this allegation in his opening statement, and it's accurate, according to the special counsel's office. In January 2017, before he was sworn in, he told reporters, "I have no deals that could happen in Russia, because we've stayed away."ĭid Trump allies destroy documents and use encrypted apps? Trump even considered travel to Russia during this time, according to Mueller’s report.īut in July 2016, Trump denied having any investments in Russia. Trump signed a letter of intent on the project in November 2015 - six months after he announced his presidential bid - and efforts to build the tower continued through “at least” June 2016, according to the report. Trump pursued a "highly lucrative” Trump Tower project in Moscow while running for president, according to the Mueller report. Castro says Trump, his associates 'lied' about business dealings with Russia. "These matters are the subject of ongoing review by the Department," Mueller told the House Judiciary Committee. Mueller, for his part, repeatedly declined to answer any questions about Steele or the dossier. Nunes' office did not immediately respond to a request for additional information. Politico, citing two sources familiar with the Justice Department probes, reported earlier this month that Steele was interviewed by the DOJ internal watchdog in June.
While the FBI noted in official proceedings that Steele was initially hired by political opponents, they also said they viewed him as credible. But the FBI also used Steele as a paid informant for an unknown period of time.
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