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Live now on @MSNBC: AG Barr's redacted Mueller report made public.

White House after the releases of the redacted Mueller report: "This vindication of the President is an important step forward for the country and a strong reminder that this type of abuse must never be permitted to occur again."

According to the redacted special counsel's report, the Internet Research Agency, a Russian hacking and influence company, first began targeting the US in early 2014.

NEW: @PeteWilliamsNBC analysis of the redacted Mueller report:

Special Counsel Mueller concluded that he did have the legal authority to subpoena the president, if he chose to, but he did not do so. nbcnews.to/2IIBIsj

Mueller report on the issue of obstruction and 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 judgement."

DOJ has delivered CDs with the redacted version of the Mueller report to:

• Senate Judiciary Cmte.
• Senate Intel Cmte.
• House Judiciary Cmte.
• House Intel Cmte.

.@NBCNews analysis: Starting on PDF page 419 through page 439 are the special counsel’s questions to President Trump and his written responses with his signature.

.@NBCNews analysis: Page 381 discusses whether president can commit obstruction. nbcnews.to/2Guq8Qc

Mueller report: “We also sought a voluntary interview with the President. After more than a year of discussion, the President declined to be interviewed.”

Mueller report on decision not to subpoena the president: "We made that decision in view of the substantial delay that such an investigative step would likely produce at a late stage in our investigation." (Page 225) nbcnews.to/2Guq8Qc

WATCH: @JuliaEAinsley reports on the release of the redacted Mueller report. on.msnbc.com/2Dli7Lo

.@NBCNews analysis: On Page 300, the report walks through former White House Counsel McGahn's testimony on evidence that President Trump attempted to remove the special counsel. nbcnews.to/2Guq8Qc

.@NBCNews analysis: On Page 286, discussion of the 8-day period surrounding former FBI Director Comey's firing and whether it constituted obstruction. nbcnews.to/2Guq8Qc

.@NBCNews analysis: Trump team officials who cited or retweeted IRA-controlled Twitter accounts (seen on page 33-34):

• Trump Jr.

• Eric Trump

• Kellyanne Conway

• Brad Parscale

• Michael Flynn

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Report: Special Counsel Mueller “did not identify evidence of a connection between Manafort’s sharing polling data and Russia’s interference in the election" and "did not establish that he otherwise coordinated with the Russian government on its election-interference efforts.”

Color coded redaction sections in the redacted Mueller report: nbcnews.com/read-muellerre…

-"Personal Privacy" - Green

-"Investigative Technique" - Yellow

-"Grand Jury" - Red

-"Harm to Ongoing Matter" - White

Live now on @MSNBC: The president's attorney discussing the redacted Mueller report. nbcnews.com/read-muellerre…

Page 59 and 60: Donald Trump Jr. Interactions with WikiLeaks. nbcnews.com/read-muellerre…

This section of the Mueller report reviews former White House counsel's testimony on moving to resign because the president was telling him to “do crazy s***" and "he did not want to participate in events that he described as akin to the Saturday Night Massacre."

Who is Attorney General Barr, the official behind the redacted Mueller report?

He has long held a broad view of the powers of the presidency — and a dim view of special counsel investigations.

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AG Barr says he disagreed with Special Counsel Mueller on legal aspects of potential obstruction by President Trump; Mueller did not reach a conclusion, but Barr did and made his conclusion public. nbcnews.to/2Zje5fU

Page 290: Upon learning of Special Counsel Mueller's appointment, President Trump said, "Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my presidency. I'm f***ed," according to notes from then-AG Sessions' chief of staff.

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.@NBCNews analysis: Mueller report says some Trump campaign officials used encrypted apps or deleted communications, and investigators were not able to corroborate some witness statements through comparison to contemporaneous communications.

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Page 288: Press Sec. Sanders told the press after Comey's firing that the White House heard from "countless" FBI agents who said they had lost confidence in Comey.

"Sanders acknowledged to investigators that her comments were not founded on anything," the Mueller report states.

Page 241: Former White House official KT McFarland made a call to Washington Post to deny Flynn’s conversation on sanctions with the former Russian ambassador, even though she knew she was providing false information; Flynn said he felt pressure from the top to "kill the story."

Page 370: The Mueller report states that "the President's efforts to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful, but that is largely because the persons who surrounded the President declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests."

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Page 220: Mueller: "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 ... while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him."

Page 303: President Trump asked Corey Lewandowski to deliver a message to former AG Sessions: Deliver a speech to the public saying the president was "being treated unfairly" and "he didn't do anything wrong," Mueller report states.

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These @NBCNews articles and segments are cited in the Mueller report (Part 1)

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These @NBCNews articles and segments are cited in the Mueller report (Part 2)

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Page 168: At Trump Tower meeting weeks after 2016 election, Jared Kushner asked then-Russian Amb. Kislyak "if they could communicate using secure facilities at the Russian Embassy," the Mueller report states. Kislyak quickly rejected the idea.

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Page 62: Mueller report on WikiLeaks:

After a 2016 phone call, candidate Trump told Rick Gates that "more releases of damaging information would be coming."

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