![]() ![]() Around that same time, according to Mueller’s report, a business associate introduced Dmitriev to a friend of Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law. Bannon, and Dmitriev and Prince later met in January 2017 and discussed U.S.-Russia relations. One of the more striking episodes of contact between Russians and Trump associates that Mueller details came in the transition period, when Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, was attempted to make contact with the incoming administration.Īccording to Mueller’s report, a business associate steered Dmitriev to Erik Prince, a Trump campaign supporter and friend of Trump adviser Stephen K. Using that definition, they wrote, the investigation “did not establish” that the Trump campaign coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference.ħ Kushner and the Russia reconciliation plan They noted that an agreement requires two parties taking actions “informed by or responsive to the other’s actions or interests.” “We understood coordination to require an agreement-tacit or express-between the Trump Campaign and the Russian government on election interference.” They said they instead examined whether anyone associated with the Trump campaign “coordinated” with Russians, as defined by conspiracy law. “But collusion is not a specific offense or theory of liability found in the United States Code, nor is it a term of art in federal criminal law,” they said. They noted that the Justice Department had at times used the word “collusion” prior to Mueller’s appointment. “In evaluation whether evidence about collective action of multiple individuals constituted a crime, we applied the framework of conspiracy law, not the concept of ‘collusion,’ ” prosecutors wrote. For that reason, prosecutors did not assess whether Trump’s campaign “colluded” with Russia. In an executive summary, Mueller’s team clearly stated that it did not believe “collusion”-which Trump has incessantly insisted he did not commit-to be a legal term. ![]() The attorney general said that left the decision to him, and Barr concluded the evidence gathered by the special counsel “is not sufficient to establish that the President committed an obstruction-of-justice offense.”ĭownload the full PDF here or read the Post’s illustrated digital series drawn directly from episodes detailed in the Mueller report.Ģ Mueller’s team looked for tacit or express agreement with Russians - not ‘collusion’ ![]() Barr said that Mueller declined to make a judgement as to whether Trump obstructed justice. He said that the special-counsel investigation “did not establish” that members of Trump’s campaign conspired with Russia. Two days later, Barr relayed to Congress what he said were Mueller’s principal conclusions. On March 22, 2019, the special counsel submitted a confidential report on his findings to Attorney General William P. The special counsel also examined whether President Trump obstructed justice by seeking to block the Russia investigation. Rosenstein to investigate Russia’s interference in the 2016 White House race and whether the Russian government coordinated with individuals associated with Donald Trump’s campaign. Mueller III was appointed on May 17, 2017, by Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript.
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