President Donald Trump reacted to the news on Twitter, writing, "No Collusion, No Obstruction, Complete and Total EXONERATION," Trump wrote on Twitter Sunday afternoon. KEEP AMERICA GREAT!"
Trump said before boarding Air Force One to return from Mar-a-Lago to Washington, "It was just announced there was no collusion with Russia, the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard."
"There was no collusion with Russia. There was no obstruction and none whatsoever. And it was a complete and total exoneration," Trump added.
"The special counsel's investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its effort," Barr wrote.
"The Special Counsel did not find that any U.S. person or Trump campaign official or associate conspired or knowingly coordinated" with Russia, Barr writes. "The Special Counsel, therefore, did not draw a conclusion - one way or the other - as to whether the examined conduct constituted obstruction," Barr wrote. "Instead, for each of the relevant actions investigated, the report sets out evidence on both sides of the question and leaves unresolved what the Special Counsel views as 'difficult issues' of law and fact concerning whether the President's actions and intent could be viewed as obstruction," Barr added. "The Special Counsel states that 'while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him,'" Barr wrote.
White House press secretary released a statement, reading, "The Special Counsel did not find any collusion and did not find any obstruction. AG Barr and DAG Rosenstein further determined there was no obstruction. The findings of the Department of Justice are a total and complete exoneration of the President of the United States.”
"President Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr. released a statement. "After more than 2 years of non-stop conspiracy theories from CNN, MSNBC, Buzzfeed and the rest of the mainstream media, as well as daily lies and smears coming from Democrats in Washington, the Mueller Report proves what those of us with sane minds have known all along, there was Zero collusion with Russia," Trump Jr. wrote
"Sadly, instead of apologizing for needlessly destabilizing the country in a transparent attempt to delegitimize the 2016 election, it's clear that the Collusion Truthers in the media and the Democrat Party are only going to double down on their sick and twisted conspiracy theories moving forward," Trump Jr. added.
"It's my hope that honest journalists within the media have the courage to hold these now fully debunked truthers accountable and treat them with the scorn and ridicule that they so deserve," Trump Jr. wrote.
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