Report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election (U.S. Government official edition)
Notes:
At head of each page, crossed out: "Attorney work product. May contain material protected under Fed R. Crim. P. 6(e)." "March 2019." Contains redactions. Shipping list no.: 2019-0201-P. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
III. I. Legal defenses to the application of obstruction-of-justice statutes to the President. II. Russian "active measures" social media campaign -- III. Russian hacking and dumping operations -- IV. Russian government links to and contacts with the Trump campaign -- V. Prosecution and declination decisions -- Volume II. I. Background legal and evidentiary principles -- II. Factual results of the obstruction investigation -- III. Legal defenses to the application of obstruction-of-justice statutes to the President.
Summary:
On May 17, 2017, Robert S. Mueller III was appointed by acting Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein to serve as Special Counsel by Order 3915-2017. The Special Counsel investigation of 2017 to 2019, also referred to as the Mueller probe, Mueller investigation and Russia investigation, was a United States counterintelligence investigation of the Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. According to its authorizing document, the investigation's scope included allegations that there were links or coordination between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and the Russian government as well as "any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation." It included a criminal investigation which looked into potential obstruction of justice charges against Trump and others within the campaign and administration. Conducted by the Department of Justice Special Counsel's Office headed by Robert Mueller, a Republican and former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Special Counsel investigation began eight days after President Trump dismissed FBI director James Comey, who had been leading existing FBI investigations since July 2016 into links between Trump associates and Russian officials.
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