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Redacted Version of the Mueller Report Released to the Public

Editor-In-Chief Orlando Angelone

WASHINGTON D.C. (Dukes' Dispatch) - Nearly a month after Special Counsel Mueller submitted the Report on his investigation into the President, and almost two years since the investigation started, the long awaited Mueller Report has finally been released, with redactions, of course.

Before the Report was released, Attorney General William Barr held a press conference in which he addressed certain issues involving the investigation and his stance on his belief that the Report "fully exonerated" the President.

During the Press conference, Attorney General Barr stated five times that the report had found "no collusion" between President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and the Russian Federation.

He also repeated his statement that the Report did not find evidence of obstruction of justice.

After Barr was done giving his statement, he allowed the press to ask around 5 questions. One of the questions was about whether the Attorney General was acting in the best interest of the American People, or in the interest of the President. Barr, strongly stated that he believed that he was acting for the people, and that the accusations were ridiculous.

He was also questioned on whether he would allow Special Counsel Robert Mueller to testify before Congress, and Attorney General Barr said that he would be fine with Mueller doing so.

After a few more questions, Barr ended the press conference. A few hours later all of the wait was over, and the Mueller report was released.

The first thing that became clear with the report was that it was going to take a while to read. All in all the report totals 448 pages long. It goes into detail on a plethora of subjects. From Wiki Leaks and the G.R.U. to Erik Prince and Blackwater, it spares no expense in detailing what went on from the start of the Trump Campaign until Early 2019.

There are about 100 pages on the July 2016 meeting between Donald Trump Jr., Donald Trump's senior staff, and a Russian Lawyer with connections the the Kremlin. It states that there were direct efforts by members of the campaign to get negative information on Hillary Clinton, but that there was no written or physical Evidence that President Trump ever knew about the meeting.

Reaction to the report was different depending on which side you were on. President Trump and the Republicans saw it as a win, whilst democrats and most in the center agree that the report is not good for the President

It is longstanding policy in the Justice Department that you cannot indict a sitting President. And using this precedent, Robert Mueller decided to specifically state that the President should not be indicted, though he very vaguely hinted that Congress has the power to Impeach and can do so if they wish.

So in the end, The results of the Mueller Report are mixed, It states that there was not enough solid evidence to claim that the President was involved in a conspiracy with the Russian Federation, but he leaves the door open on the obstruction of justice, so now it is up to the Congress of the United States as per what happens to the President.