Barr’s Quick Decision on Obstruction Was Awkward. And Troubling.
Four central points on the Mueller report.
The obstruction of justice part remains murky.
Photographer: Maddie McGarvey/Bloomberg
Attorney General William Barr has produced an exceptionally brief summary of what is undoubtedly a lengthy report from special counsel Robert Mueller. For an issue of this magnitude — involving potentially serious misconduct by a successful presidential campaign and a sitting president — it is best to insist on a principle of neutrality, and to evaluate the summary not in political terms, but as a matter of fact and law.
The central point of the Mueller investigation was to determine whether the Donald Trump campaign knowingly conspired or coordinated with Russian conspiracies to influence the 2016 presidential election.