Minister of justice, William Barr has let the US Congress on Sunday a four-page letter to Robert Mueller’s report. Consequently, U.S. special investigator Mueller came to the conclusion that it has given in the presidential campaign of 2016 is no collusion between the campaign camps of Donald Trump and Russia.

“The investigations by the special investigator have revealed that the campaign Team Trump or whoever had this, in conjunction with Russia, or agreed, agreed, in order to influence the American presidential election of 2016,” said Barr.

To the question of whether or not Trump justice can be accused of disability was made by Mueller, according to the Minister of justice, no judgment. “On the one hand, the report comes to the conclusion that the President has committed a Crime, on the other hand, he is relieved, too,” he quoted the Minister of justice, from the report of Mueller’s.

Trump called the investigation “a disgrace”

In his first reactions to the Mueller report has stated that it is Donald Trump for “completely relieved” and at the same time, against his political opponents. There had been no collusion and no obstruction of Justice, said the President on Sunday in the short message service Twitter.

At the same time, he called to reporters in Florida, “a shame” that he must let the investigations by the special investigator Robert Mueller to Russia affair endure, and spoke of an “illegal endeavor to destruction, the failure”.

the US President of the government Trump looks through the report of the special investigator of any charge in connection with the Russia-affair acquitted. The studies represented a “complete discharge” of the President, said presidential spokeswoman Sarah Sanders on Sunday.

34 Indictments

The former FBI chief Mueller had investigated in may 2017, the alleged Russian interference in the election campaign of 2016, in favour of Trumps and possible collusion between the Trump Team and Moscow. On Friday he had handed his report to the US attorney General.

Mueller’s investigation led to 34 Indictments, including 25 Russian citizens, and six former employees of the President. Among them are the temporary campaign Manager Paul Manafort, who is in prison, trump’s longtime attorney, Michael Cohen, and the short-term National security Advisor, Michael Flynn – the charges against you, but not directly on the suspicion of an illegal collaboration between the Trump Team and Moscow. Trump had branded the investigations as a “witch-hunt”.

Additional charges Mueller is not recommended. The final report could play in the upcoming presidential election campaign an important role. The opposition Democrats in the US house of representatives since the beginning of the year, the majority, have initiated several parliamentary investigations against Trump, in the Russia-Links to the President or to payments of hush money.

Pelosi accuses Barr lack of neutrality

After the announcement of Details from the report by Mueller, the Democrats in the US want Congress to ask now Minister of justice, Barr. The Chairman of the judiciary Committee in the house of representatives, Jerry Nadler, announced on Sunday on Twitter.

There is “very worrying inconsistencies”, so he would ask Barr, in “the near future” before the Committee to testify. Nadler pointed out that Mueller Trump have not relieved. The justice Minister needs to explain now, and the facts of the report.

the Head of the Democrats in the house of representatives, Nancy Pelosi. You said on Sunday that it was “urgently” required that the “full report and all related documents will be published”.

she pointed in particular to the fact that Mueller relieves the President in the matter of the allegation of obstruction of Justice. The U.S. Department of justice, Minister of Barr, who had previously published a summary of the results of the report, accused Pelosi, not to be neutral. The letter to the US Congress to throw as many questions as he is presenting answers.

(fal/afp)

Created: 24.03.2019, 23:20 PM

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