Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie declared Sunday that Attorney General William Barr’s summary of the final report for special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation is a “home run” for President Trump.
“This is a complete home run for the President,” Christie, a former Trump campaign surrogate and former federal prosecutor, said on ABC, adding, “there should be no more talk of Russia.”
Barr sent a letter to the leaders of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees Sunday afternoon.
The letter, which is four pages long, said Mueller found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Mueller also addresses whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice. “The Special Counsel states that ‘while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him,’” Barr wrote. The letter added that both Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein concluded there is a lack of “sufficient” evidence from the investigation to conclude the president committed such an offense.
A contentious battle is now expected over the report as top Democrats demand 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. Earlier this month, the House voted 420-0 to pass a resolution calling for the release of Mueller’s final report to the public, with four Republicans voting “present.”
