Watchdog Leader: 'It Is Clear Why Barr Did Not Want the Public to See' Newly Released Trump Memo

'The memo presents a breathtakingly generous view of the law and facts for Donald Trump,' said CREWcrew's NoahBookbinder. 'It...does not comport with a serious reading of the law of obstruction of justice or the facts as found by Special Counsel ...

from 2019 about whether then-President Donald Trump obstructed Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russia's election interference.

"The memo presents a breathtakingly generous view of the law and facts for Donald Trump," Bookbinder said."It twists the facts and the law to benefit Trump and does not comport with a serious reading of the law of obstruction of justice or the facts as found by Special Counsel Mueller." "Mueller found there was not sufficient evidence to charge Trump and others with conspiring with Russia," CREW's leader continued."He didn't find no crime, just not enough evidence for charges. Of course, Trump couldn't know about that future conclusion when he decided whether or not to obstruct."

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