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| Cleared of criminal charges but not of heavy scrutiny. |
He instigated a lot of conflict but it doesn't merit criminal obstruction of justice.
He was not exonerated. He still faces scrutiny over the whole matter.
Democrats and Republicans alike are now debating on how the Mueller Report going to come out. Attorney General William Barr's statement only released today details that Trump cannot be indicted under a rule by the Department of Justice.
Many Republicans praise the report as vindication. Many Democrats want to know why this was rushed through soon as Barr was confirmed. The investigation will conclude on the part that Trump may have been a total moron but not a foreign agent on behalf of the Russian Federation.
Trump will ride this as a campaign for his reelection heats up.
The imbecile still hasn't gotten through investigations into his hush payments, the Trump Tower and the ethics violations.
The Mueller Report says Trump and campaign officials did not collude with Russian operatives. However, the Department of Justice will make a judgement of what details will be released. The collusion of election interference was not proven.
Mueller did not get all the access to Trump.
Six associates of Trump and 32 Russian individuals were indicted.
So if any Democrat is running for president, you can pretty much ask a foreign government to obtain the emails of Donald J. Trump and his allies. They will be greatly rewarded if they do.
Trump and his allies charged that Mueller's report fully vindicated the President, while Democrats were already raising questions about Barr making the decision on obstruction, a signal that the fight and the fallout from Mueller's investigation is far from over.
Mueller did not make the decision himself on whether to prosecute the President on obstruction. Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein made the determination the evidence was "not sufficient" to support prosecution.
The President went beyond the conclusions of Barr's letter, saying Sunday the findings were a "complete and total exoneration."
"No Collusion, No Obstruction, Complete and Total EXONERATION. KEEP AMERICA GREAT!" Trump tweeted.
"It was just announced there was no collusion with Russia ... there was no collusion with Russia, there was no obstruction, none whatsoever," Trump said to reporters before flying back to Washington from West Palm Beach, Florida. "It was a complete and total exoneration. It's a shame our country had to go through this. To be honest, it's a shame your President had to go through this."
Trump added, "This was an illegal takedown that failed and hopefully somebody's going to be looking at the other side."
Barr submitted to Congress a four-page summary of Mueller's conclusions on Sunday, which stated: "The special counsel's investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election."
Mueller's team has no plans to issue any new indictments.
"The report does not recommend any further indictments, nor did the special counsel obtain any sealed indictments that have yet to be made public," the letter states.
Barr wrote that no one associated with the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government, "despite multiple offers from Russian-affiliated individuals to assist the Trump campaign.
Mueller defined coordination as an "agreement -- tacit or express -- between the Trump Campaign and the Russian government on election interference."
The special counsel's office employed a massive effort through the court system and in interviewing witnesses to reach its findings. In all, Mueller's team interviewed about 500 witnesses and obtained more than 3,500 subpoenas and warrants of various types -- the bulk of which were subpoenas -- and 13 requests to foreign governments for evidence.
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