Analysis: Attorney General Barr just defined 'collusion' in a way that will make Trump ecstatic
Attorney General William P. Barr speaks about the release of the Mueller report at the Department of Justice, April 18, 2019, in Washington. By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow April 18 at 10:57 AM When Attorney General William P. Barr first offered the country an assessment of the conclusions reached by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, he excluded one word that America had been hearing a lot: collusion.
On Thursday, in his news conference setting the table for the release of the redacted version of Mueller’s complete findings, Barr was much more direct. On multiple occasions, Barr specifically addressed “collusion” as a concept. “In assessing the president’s actions discussed in the report, it is important to bear in mind the context,” Barr said. “President Trump faced an unprecedented situation. As he entered into office and sought to perform his responsibilities as president, federal agents and prosecutors were scrutinizing his conduct before and after taking office, and the conduct of some of his associates.
“The Special Counsel’s report did not find any evidence that members of the Trump campaign or anyone associated with the campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its hacking operations,” Barr said. In other words, the hacking that occurred in the spring of 2016 was conducted without the aid of anyone affiliated with the campaign — a charge that no one has made.
He quoted Mueller: “The investigation did not identify evidence that any U.S. persons knowingly or intentionally coordinated with the IRA’s interference operation.” We know that some Americans did aid that effort, notably people hired by the Russians to make signs or dress up like Hillary Clinton at campaign events, acts that they believed they were carrying out on behalf of other Trump-supporting Americans.
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