via WashingtonPost:
Mueller considered Trump’s written answers ‘inadequate’ but knew subpoena would impose ‘substantial delay,’ report says
The special counsel team wrote in the newly released report that Trump stated more than 30 times he “does not ‘recall’ or ‘remember’ or have an ‘independent recollection’ “ of information investigators asked about.
But they wrote that they chose not to pursue a subpoena because of the “substantial delay” that such a step would cause. They also decided they have “sufficient evidence to understand relevant events and to make certain assessments without the President’s testimony
Attorney General William P. Barr Thursday smade public a redacted version of the 400-page report written by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and his team that will reveal much about President Trump’s actions in office.
Barr held a news conference to outline the major findings in the report and discuss the process for preparing it. The report will be delivered on discs to Capitol Hill between 11 a.m. and noon and posted on the special counsel’s website thereafter, the official said.
Until now, the only information about Mueller’s findings from his 22-month investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections had been provided by Barr in a four-page letter to Congress last month in which he described the special counsel’s “principal conclusions.”
A team of Post reporters will be reading the Mueller report. This page will update frequently with their findings.
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