Adam Schiff: 'Damning' Evidence of Trump's Obstruction of Justice in Mueller Report

Congressional Democrats on Thursday highlighted portions of Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 campaign that appeared to contradict President Donald Trump’s assertion that it represents “total exoneration,” pointing to examples within the document that they said demonstrate that the president had obstructed justice.

About an hour after Attorney General William Barr at a Thursday morning event framed the conclusions in the 448-page report in a light sympathetic to the president, the redacted document was finally delivered by the Justice Department to congressional committees on CDs, then made public on the department’s website.

"Even in its incomplete form, the Mueller report outlines disturbing evidence that President Trump engaged in obstruction of justice and other misconduct," House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., told reporters in New York.

"Contrary to the Attorney General’s statement this morning that the White House ‘fully cooperated’ with the investigation, the report makes clear that the president refused to be interviewed by the special counsel and refused to provide written answers to follow-up questions; and his associates destroyed evidence relevant to the Russia investigation," Nadler said.

"The responsibility now falls to Congress to hold the president accountable for his actions," added Nadler, who said that he plans to issue a subpoena for the full report.

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