Putin says Mueller's probe validates Russia on no collusion
1 / 5Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking at a plenary session of the International Arctic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday mocked U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Kremlin interference in the 2016 presidential election, saying"a mountain gave birth to a mouse.
Attorney General William Barr wrote in a summary of Mueller's report that the special counsel found no evidence the Trump campaign"conspired or coordinated" with the Russian government to influence the election. Putin on Tuesday nevertheless repeated Moscow's across-the-board disavowals of election meddling, with or without participation from the Trump campaign. He also reiterated that the Russian government had no contact with Trump when he visited Moscow as a businessman.
Mueller found numerous people associated with Trump were receptive to Russia's help, but Barr's summary said the special counsel didn't find evidence of a criminal conspiracy in meetings and other contact between Russian and Trump campaign officials."Those groups which are attacking the legitimately elected president, what are they doing?" Putin said."They disagree with the choice of the American people and seek to reduce the results to zero.
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