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The redacted report by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has been released. He investigated Russian election interference, any ties to the Trump campaign and possible presidential obstruction of justice.

• Mr. Mueller examined 10 actions by President Trump to determine whether he sought to obstruct justice but could not reach a conclusion “based on the facts and the applicable legal standards.”

• Attorney General William P. Barr offered a strong defense of Mr. Trump before releasing Mr. Mueller’s report, saying that investigators “found no evidence” that any member of the Trump campaign conspired with Russia in its effort to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.

Ninety minutes before a redacted version of the Mueller report was set to be delivered to Congress, Attorney General William Barr held a press conference to discuss Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference and, once again, offer his own summary of the special counsel’s report.

Barr said he will deliver a copy of the “public” version of the report to Congressional leaders at 11 A.M. A copy of the report will be posted to the Justice Department’s website shortly thereafter.

Barr began the presser by summarizing the Mueller report. While Russia sought to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, he said, they did “not have the cooperation of President Trump or the Trump campaign.”

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Not all of Robert S. Mueller III’s findings will be news to President Trump when they are released Thursday.

Justice Department officials have had numerous conversations with White House lawyers about the conclusions made by Mr. Mueller, the special counsel, in recent days, according to people with knowledge of the discussions. The talks have aided the president’s legal team as it prepares a rebuttal to the report and strategizes for the coming public war over its findings.

A sense of paranoia was taking hold among some of Mr. Trump’s aides, some of whom fear his backlash more than the findings themselves, the people said. The report might make clear which of Mr. Trump’s current and former advisers spoke to the special counsel, how much they said and how much damage they did to the president — providing a kind of road map for retaliation.

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Special counsel Robert Mueller will not attend Attorney General William Barr's press conference on Thursday to discuss Mueller's report.

Peter Carr, a spokesperson for the special counsel's office, confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday that no one from the special counsel's prosecution team will be present as Barr holds a press conference on their report at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.

Attorney General Bill Barr announced Wednesday afternoon he will hold a joint press conference with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Thursday morning at 9:30 et. At that time, Barr will speak about the release of the long awaited Special Counsel report from the Justice Department.

Earlier this month Barr released a four page letter outlining the principle findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s nearly two year long investigation into the 2016 presidential election: no collusion with Russia and no obstruction of justice from President Trump during the investigation.

President Trump's approval rating is down to 40 percent ahead of the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report, according to a new poll from Monmouth University.

The poll released Wednesday showed the president's approval rating dropping 4 points since Monmouth's survey last came out in March. His disapproval rating sits at 54 percent, up 3 points since March.

Mueller's report will be released on Thursday, according to the Justice Department. A four-page summary already released by Attorney General William Barr said Mueller did not find evidence of a conspiracy between Trump's campaign and Russia.