Critics of the special counsel's investigation mocked those who hoped it would finding damning evidence against the president.
Attorney General William Barr's announcement Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller's report did not implicate or clear President Donald Trump regarding collusion and obstruction of justice charges was warmly received by supporters of the commander in chief, who championed Barr's summary of the findings as proof there was no conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Barr's summary was less conclusive."The special counsel states that ‘while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him," he wrote. Mocking the Democrats' response to the findings, he wrote,"I never thought I’d see the day where Democrats are visibly upset that the President of The United States DIDN’T collude with the Russians."
Journalist Glenn Greenwald was among the most active voices, posting a flurry of tweets criticizing media coverage. He referred to the claim that the Trump campaign had colluded with Russia as a"conspiracy theory" and blasted the way major outlets reported on the story.
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