Robert S. Mueller III > Quotes

“if we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state. Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, we are unable to reach that judgment. Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”
― Robert S. Mueller, The Mueller Report: Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

“Some individuals invoked their Fifth Amendment right against compelled self-incrimination and were not, in the Office's judgment, appropriate candidates for grants of immunity.”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report: Complete Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election

“Trump Campaign—deleted relevant communications”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report: Complete Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election

“many of the President’s acts directed at witnesses, including discouragement of cooperation with the government and suggestions of possible future pardons, took place in public view. That circumstance is unusual, but no principle of law excludes public acts from the reach of the obstruction laws. If the likely effect of public acts is to influence witnesses or alter their testimony, the harm to the justice system’s integrity is the same.”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report: Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

“they sometimes provided information that was false or incomplete,”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report: Complete Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election

“the Campaign expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts,”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report: Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

“Volume II addresses the President's actions towards the FBI's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election and related matters, and his actions towards the Special Counsel's investigation.”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report

“A statement that the investigation did not establish particular facts does not mean there was no evidence of those facts.”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report

“The investigation also identified numerous links between the Russian government and the Trump Campaign.”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report

“Third, the investigation established that several individuals affiliated with the Trump Campaign lied to the Office, and to Congress, about their interactions with Russian-affiliated individuals and related matters. Those lies materially impaired the investigation of Russian election interference.”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report

“Third, the investigation established that several individuals affiliated with the Trump Campaign lied to the Office, and to Congress, about their interactions with Russian-affiliated individuals and related matters.”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report: The Final Report of the Special Counsel into Donald Trump, Russia, and Collusion

“The President fired Comey abruptly without offering him an opportunity to resign, banned him from the FBI building, and criticized him publicly, calling him a “showboat” and claiming that the FBI was “in turmoil” under his leadership.”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report: Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

“the Democratic National Committee and its cyber response team publicly announced that Russian hackers had compromised its computer network.”
― Robert S. Mueller, The Mueller Report: Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

“Bannon also told the President that firing Comey was not going to stop the investigation,”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report: Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

“On November 3, 2015, the day after the Trump Organization transmitted the LOI, Sater emailed Cohen suggesting that the Trump Moscow project could be used to increase candidate Trump's chances at being elected, writing: Buddy our boy can become President of the USA and we can engineer it. I will get all of Putins team to buy in on this, I will manage this process. . . . Michael, Putin gets on stage with Donald for a ribbon cutting for Trump Moscow, and Donald owns the republican nomination. And possibly beats Hillary and our boy is in.... We will manage this process better than anyone. You and I will get Donald and Vladimir on a stage together very shortly. That the game changer.327 Later that day, Sater followed up: Donald doesn't stare down, he negotiates and understands the economic issues and Putin only want to deal with a pragmatic leader, and a successful business man is a good candidate for someone who knows how to negotiate. "Business, politics, whatever it all is the same for someone who knows how to deal" I think I can get Putin to say that at the Trump Moscow press conference. If he says it we own this election. Americas most difficult adversary agreeing that Donald is a good guy to negotiate. . . . We can own this election. Michael my next steps are very sensitive with Putins very very close people, we can pull this off. Michael lets go. 2 boys from Brooklyn getting a USA president elected. This is good really good.328”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report

“On July 13, 2018, a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment charging Russian military intelligence officers from the GRU with conspiring to hack into various U.S. computers used by the Clinton Campaign, DNC, DCCC, and other U.S. persons, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1030 and 371 (Count One); committing identity theft and conspiring to commit money laundering in furtherance of that hacking conspiracy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1028A and 1956(h) (Counts Two through Ten); and a separate conspiracy to hack into the computers of U.S. persons and entities responsible for the administration of the 2016 U.S. election, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1030 and 371 (Count Eleven). Netyksho Indictment.1277 As of this writing, all 12 defendants remain at large.”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report: Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

“Fourth, if we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state. Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, however, we are unable to reach that judgment.”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report: Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

“Kushner asked Kislyak if they could communicate using secure facilities at the Russian Embassy.”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report: Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

“Aven also testified that Putin spoke of the difficulty faced by the Russian government in getting in touch with the incoming Trump Administration.984 According”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report: Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

“obstruction laws to the President’s corrupt exercise of the powers of office accords with our constitutional system of checks and balances and the principle that no person is above the law.”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report: Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

“the Special Counsel's Office considered a range of classified and unclassified information”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report: Complete Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election

“The release of the documents was designed and timed to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election and undermine the Clinton Campaign. The Trump Campaign showed interest in the WikiLeaks releases and, in the summer and fall of 2016, [REDACTED: Harm to Ongoing Matter] After [REDACTED: Harm to Ongoing Matter] WikiLeaks's first Clinton-related release [REDACTED: Harm to Ongoing Matter], the Trump Campaign stayed in contact [REDACTED: Harm to Ongoing Matter] about WikiLeaks's activities. The investigation was unable to resolve [REDACTED: Harm to Ongoing Matter] WikiLeaks's release of the stolen Podesta emails on October 7, 2016, the same day a video from years earlier was published of Trump using graphic language about women.”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report

“Sections II and III describe the principal ways Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election. Section IV describes links between the Russian government and individuals associated with the Trump Campaign. Section V sets forth the Special Counsel's charging decisions.”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report

“President tried to use Sessions to restrict and redirect the Special Counsel’s investigation when Sessions was recused and could not properly take any action on it.”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report: Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

“The third headline is that there are no sealed indictments and that there will be no more indictments directly emanating from the Mueller investigation.”
― Robert S. Mueller, The Mueller Report: The Final Report of the Special Counsel into Donald Trump, Russia, and Collusion

“The investigation continued under then-Director Comey for the next seven weeks until May 9, 2017, when President Trump fired Comey as FBI Director—an action which is analyzed in Volume II of the report.”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report: The Final Report of the Special Counsel into Donald Trump, Russia, and Collusion

“Because we determined not to make a traditional prosecutorial judgment, we did not draw ultimate conclusions about the President’s conduct. The evidence we obtained about the President’s actions and intent presents difficult issues that would need to be resolved if we were making a traditional prosecutorial judgment. At the same time, if we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state. Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, we are unable to reach that judgment. Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report

“Ultimately, the investigation did not establish that the Campaign coordinated or conspired with the Russian government in its election-interference activities.”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report: Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

“after Sessions announced his recusal on March 2, the President expressed anger at the decision and told advisors that he should have an Attorney General who would protect him.”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report

“The President has no more right than other citizens to impede official proceedings by corruptly influencing witness testimony. The conduct would be equally improper whether effectuated through direct efforts to produce false testimony or suppress the truth, or through the actual, threatened, or promised use of official powers to achieve the same result.”
― Robert S. Mueller III, The Mueller Report: The Comprehensive Findings of the Special Counsel