President Donald Trump claimed special counsel Robert Mueller did not interview the people closest to him and his 2016 presidential campaign in another of his ongoing attacks against the former FBI director’s report.
The Justice Department released a redacted version of Mueller’s report last week following the conclusion of the investigation. It included an extensive look at the Trump 2016 effort and any potential coordination between the campaign or Trump’s associates and Russia to interfere in the election.
The report did not establish “collusion” between Trump’s associates or campaign and Russia to interfere in the 2016 election. Mueller wrote that members of the campaign knew they would benefit from illegal Russian actions to influence the election, and they did not take criminal steps to help Russia interfere in the campaign.
Mueller’s investigators spoke with top Trump 2016 campaign officials in reaching this conclusion, despite Trump’s tweet to the contrary.
