Special counsel Robert Mueller attended church Sunday not far from the White House, leading to striking photos just after he submitted his report to the Justice Department.
Mueller and his wife Ann attended services at St. John’s Episcopal Church, which is right across from Lafayette Park, located in front of the White House.
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As they departed around noon, reporters snapped photos of pair, including some of Mueller with the White House in the background.
Mueller is a regular attendee of the church. His attendance this weekend came a week after President Trump attended services at the church with wife, Melania Trump.
Mueller delivered his report to Attorney General William Barr on Friday, concluding his 22-month investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. Barr told congressional leaders in a letter he may be able to provide them with the special counsel’s “principal conclusions” as early as this weekend, but has yet to do so.
While Mueller was at church, Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein were spotted at the Justice Department. Trump is in Florida this weekend, and according to White House spokesman Hogan Gidley, the White House has not yet received or been briefed on the Mueller report.
The investigation led to the indictments of 34 people and three Russian companies, including six individuals close to Trump such as former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, but none relate to collusion with Russia. Mueller is not expected to recommend any new indictments.
Top Democrats appeared on the Sunday talk show circuit demanding the full release of Mueller’s report, while some Republicans want to take transparency a step further, including the release of the scope memo for the Russia investigation and related documents.
Trump left Washington, D.C., on Friday morning for Florida, where he is spending the weekend at his Palm Beach property, the Mar-a-Lago, with first lady Melania Trump and their son Barron, who turned 13 last week.
After not tweeting for roughly a day and a half, Trump broke his silence Sunday morning with an upbeat message that did not mention the Russia investigation.
“Good Morning, Have A Great Day!” he said in one tweet. “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” he said in the other.
So far the president has not said anything publicly about the end of Mueller’s investigation, which he has called a “witch hunt” run by “angry Democrats,” but he has been updated about any developments by his lawyers. Before leaving the White House, Trump repeated his assertion to reporters that there was “no collusion” between his 2016 presidential campaign and Russia.
While in Florida, Trump met with Caribbean leaders, stepped into a Mar-a-Lago fundraiser Friday evening where Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., delivered a speech and played golf with singer Kid Rock.
