Mueller: Comey and I were ‘business associates’

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Former special counsel Robert Mueller admitted that he and former FBI Director James Comey were both “business associates” and “friends” during his testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee.

Mueller appeared before the committee Wednesday to testify about his two-year long investigation, which concluded that no member of the Trump campaign knowingly conspired with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election. However, the former special counsel refused to determine whether or not the president obstructed justice, following a Department of Justice guideline that a sitting president cannot be indicted.

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