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Multiple news outlets are reporting that the Mueller Report has been delivered to Attorney General Barr.
Special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday wrapped up his nearly two-year investigation into Donald Trump and Russia and sent his report to Attorney General Barr.
No details of Mueller’s findings have been released, and it is not clear how soon the public will see them.
The transmission of the report to Barr concludes an investigation that has resulted in the indictments of 34 people, infuriated the president and thrown the administration into turmoil.
The long-awaited development comes almost two years after Mueller was appointed by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to investigate “any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump” and “any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation.”
I reported earlier that no more indictments were expected, which tells us a lot. In addition to it being clear that no Russian collusion was found, the Mueller investigation found no evidence of obstruction of justice, which was the Democrats’ last hope for something they could act on to start impeachment. They’re clearly not getting that. In the past few months, expectations of Donald Trump Jr. and/or Jared Kushner being indicted went nowhere. So, what will it say? The world waits anxiously to find out what basically everyone already knows: There was no Russian collusion.
Update 5:28 EDT: White House Press Secretary Sanders reports the White House has not yet been briefed on the report.
The next steps are up to Attorney General Barr, and we look forward to the process taking its course. The White House has not received or been briefed on the Special Counsel’s report.
— Stephanie Grisham (@PressSec) March 22, 2019
Update 5:35 EDT: The Associated Press reports that AG Barr may send Congress a summary of findings by this weekend…
Update 5:41 EDT: Schumer and Pelosi are already calling on AG Barr to release the full report.
Now that Special Counsel Mueller has submitted his report to the Attorney General, it is imperative for Mr. Barr to make the full report public and provide its underlying documentation and findings to Congress. My statement with @SpeakerPelosi: pic.twitter.com/LCF7NXKekB
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) March 22, 2019
Update 5:46 EDT: Is Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.), vice-chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, preemptively accusing the Trump administration of covering up the results of the investigation
Congress and the American people deserve to judge the facts of the Mueller report for themselves. It must be provided to Congress immediately, and the AG should swiftly prepare a declassified version for the public. Nothing short of that will suffice.
— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) March 22, 2019
“Any attempt by the Trump Administration to cover up the results of this investigation into Russia’s attack on our democracy would be unacceptable.”
Update 5:52 EDT: No more indictments.
NBC News reports that there are no more indictments coming from Special Counsel Robert Mueller pic.twitter.com/BsA9sFfQYe
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) March 22, 2019
Update 6:26 EDT:
The Mueller report delivery suggests no more indictments are coming from the Special Counsel. If that's true, it would mean we just completed 2 years of investigating 'Russian collusion' without ONE collusion related indictment. Not even one.
Why? Because there was no collusion
— Mark Meadows (@RepMarkMeadows) March 22, 2019
Update 6:53 EDT:
Reporter: The indications are there are no new [Mueller] indictments… [Is] there an apology that needs to be made to the president?
Schumer: I think we should wait for the full report to be made public before jumping to any conclusionshttps://t.co/rZRZBQpTot pic.twitter.com/VUb9pBhVyw
— POLITICO (@politico) March 22, 2019
We’ll continue to update as more information becomes available.
