One of the first sentences made public from special counsel Robert Mueller’s report read: “While this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”

Now that the full, albeit redacted, report is out, we have the context of this statement. And boy, does that context — in this case, the Executive Summary of Volume II considering Obstruction of Justice Charges — matter.

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