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The Investigation

"The Report Has Been Posted"

The Investigation

ABC News

News, Politics

3.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

On the day of the release of the Mueller Report, the ABC News Investigative team breaks down all the critical elements from the Special Counsel's Report. Former Governor of New Jersey and ABC News contributor Chris Christie shares his own experience being interviewed by the Special Counsel and says he never believed the Russia investigation was a hoax. Kate Shaw, former Obama White House associate counsel and ABC News contributor, offers her legal perspective as well.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is an ABC News special.

0:04.0

Good morning, we are coming on the air right now because the Attorney General of the United States, William Barr, is about to hold a press conference.

0:09.0

There was, in fact, no collusion.

0:11.0

The question is, did the President obstruct justice?

0:14.0

The evidence is not sufficient to establish that the President committed an obstruction of justice.

0:19.0

It's 11 o'clock in the East, the time that William Bard said that the Mueller report would be sent to Congress.

0:23.6

The report's been posted, Mark.

0:25.6

The report has been posted publicly.

0:27.6

We're going to be reading the special counsel's report.

0:29.6

We have producers scattered around our second floor newsroom here in our Washington Bureau.

0:33.6

Almost 500 pages long, 448 pages, two big sections. Volume 2 is page 212.

0:38.3

The team obstruction is 212.

0:40.3

I'm getting four pages, right?

0:42.3

The president became aware that his own conduct was being investigated.

0:45.3

The president's conduct involving Michael Cohen.

0:48.3

I'm seeing something additional here on Michael Cohn.

0:52.3

Caitlin take the president's efforts to prevent disclosure emails about June 9th, 2016 meeting.

0:58.0

Trump Tower meeting.

0:59.0

They clearly wanted to establish whether that involved a violation of the law.

1:02.0

I've got some time again.

1:03.0

The former White House counsel, we know spent multiple hours with the special counsel.

1:07.0

How the president first reacted when he was told that there was a special counsel

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