Barr: Mueller report makes ‘clear’ Russia meddled in 2016 election

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Attorney General William Barr said special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation report makes “clear” that the Kremlin meddled in the 2016 election.

“I am sure that all Americans share my concerns about the efforts of the Russian government to interfere in our presidential election,” Barr said in his remarks to the press Thursday morning. “As the special counsel’s report makes clear, the Russian government sought to interfere in our election.”

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