Special counsel Robert Mueller concluded that President Trump and his campaign did not conspire or coordinate with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election. Mueller did not draw a conclusion on whether Trump obstructed justice as the final report neither finds that the president committed a crime nor exonerated him. Its going to be hard to find evidence that Trump actually obstructed justice. This announcement brings an end to the investigation that lasted almost two years. The special counsel said that, "members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russia government in its election interference activities. This report removes a legal threat and presents a political win for Trump and his allies.
To me this is kind of ridiculous. No matter how strongly anyone feels about Trump as a person or about his policies, it is crazy that the opposing side will do anything to slander or demean this man in any way. People may believe in what Trump stands for or absolutely hate him, but I find it very interesting that people try and undermine him in every aspect. He is the president of the United States which is the pinnacle of political power. People try to chop him down and make up stories about him which brings focus to all of his negative qualities. The president has always been a highly scrutinized position no matter who is in office but I doubt there has been a more focused and tactical effort by those in opposition of him to slander the reputation of the president.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/top-findings-from-muellers-report-to-be-sent-to-congress-within-the-hour-11553454918
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Interesting article, Jake. It does seem a little crazy to think that a United States president would conspire with another nation in order to get the presidency for the benefit of Russia. Obviously there has been a spotlight on Trump given that he is the United States president and that every mistake he makes seem to make a national headline. Given that people never had any sort of hard evidence, I think it is appropriate to leave the President alone about all of the Russian rumors now that the Attorney General says there is no evidence.
I do see your point about how wrong it was that conclusions that were being drawn about Trump campaign's alleged collusion with Russia without any hard-hitting evidence to support it before Mueller concluded his investigations. However, it should be necessary here to point out that this was a summary of the report released by Barr, and if we are supportive of the whole truth, then we should look for the whole report to be made public. This is especially important because Mueller did find that Russian organizations and their government did attempt to interfere in the elections, which is dangerous in any case and does not have to be a partisan issue now that Trump and his campaign are free from any blame in this regard.
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