Russia reacts with an ‘I told you so’ in state media after conclusion of Mueller report

Mueller’s report found no evidence that Trump’s campaign conspired with Russian officials to influence the 2016 election, but the released summary didn’t clear the U.S. President of improper behaviour

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Mueller said in a passage from the report quoted by U.S. Attorney General William Barr that there was no evidence that Trump “was involved in an underlying crime related to Russian election interference.”But the released summary didn’t clear the president of improper behaviour regarding Russia. “The results of Mueller’s investigation are a disgrace for the U.S. and its political elites,” Alexei Pushkov, chairman of the information committee at the Federation Council, tweeted on Monday. “All of the accusations were proved to be trumped up.”

Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the foreign affairs committee at the Federation Council, on Monday described the probe and the discussions around it as “two years of incessant lies.”

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