Au terme d'une enquête longue et méthodique, ce défenseur intransigeant de la loi n'a «pas établi que des membres de la campagne Trump aient conspiré ou se soient coordonnés avec le gouvernement russe dans ses activités visant à interférer» sur la campagne de 2016. "While I understand his reluctance to answer hypotheticals or deviate from the carefully worded conclusions he drew on his charging decisions, there are, nevertheless, a great many questions he can answer that go beyond the report, including any counterintelligence issues and classified matters that were not addressed in his findings," Schiff said in a statement. Jusque-là, il traînait le soupçon d'être une marionnette de Moscou, autant dire suspect du crime suprême de trahison. ", Mueller's statement, which was delivered amid political disputes about the findings of Mueller's investigation -- particularly regarding whether Trump obstructed justice -- emphasized that the special counsel's indictments revealed how the Russians. Il considère qu'il n'y a pas d'elements, selon la loi américaine, suffisamment determinants pour le faire condamner, mais ca ne veut pas du tout dire qu'il est blanchit. You can find our Community Guidelines in full here. “Director Mueller’s decision was to not make that conclusion, and by the way, I would have done it,” Weissmann said. In a book that offers the most detailed account yet of what happened behind the scenes during Mueller’s two-year investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, Andrew Weissmann writes of his frustration that the special counsel did not subpoena the president and otherwise pulled punches for fear of incurring Trump’s wrath. ", It's not yet clear whether Democrats will try to force the issue to bring Mueller before Congress. A source familiar with Trump's thinking said the President's view on impeachment is "let's do it. But Mueller's report only said the investigation "did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government," and Mueller expressed concerns in a letter to Barr that the attorney general's letter summarizing his findings didn't fully capture his report, a source with knowledge of the letter has told CNN. "There were multiple, systematic efforts to interfere in our election.
There was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our Country, a person is innocent. Mueller ultimately concluded that he could not prove a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russian government to influence the 2016 presidential election. Robert De Niro appears as Robert Muller in Saturday Night Live Jeff Sessions farewell sketch, Robert Mueller was ‘intimidated’ by Trump, new insider book claims, Mueller report: Trump campaign did not collude with Russia, says special counsel, Mueller report: How Trump avoided interview with special counsel during Russia investigation, Mueller testimony: Special counsel refutes Trump's claim he has been cleared of obstruction, Mueller testimony: Five crucial takeaways from special counsel hearings, Mueller testimony: Democrats extract little from former special counsel as partisan war over Russia report clouds hearings, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. La première exonération émane de Mueller lui-même. «Honnêtement, c'est une honte que votre président ait eu à subir ça», a déclaré Trump dimanche avant de décoller de sa résidence de Mar-a-Lago, en Floride, pour rentrer à la Maison-Blanche. The report also says that the investigation into possible collusion found that members of the Trump campaign knew they would benefit from Russia's illegal actions to influence the election, but didn't take criminal steps to help. We do not know if he had other Russian business deals in the works at the time he was running for president, how they might have aided or constrained his campaign, or even if they are continuing to influence his presidency.”. The case is closed! “You want to hear from the defense and see what you’re missing, and then you need to make the decision, assuming you got through all of that, whether it’s really the right thing for the country at that point.”. He also notes that neither the White House nor Congress has moved to defend U.S. elections from the new threat of information warfare, adding that Russia’s main intelligence agency has “gotten what it had worked so hard for a servile, but popular, American leader” willing to overlook a threat “as pernicious as anything we faced in World War II or on 9/11.”, “There is no other way to put it,” Weissmann writes.