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Nadler: "Did you actually totally exonorate the president?" Mueller: "No"

Nadler: "If you concluded that if you had concluded the crime of obstruction, you could not state so today?
Mueller: "Under OLC guidelines, No"

Collins: "Are collusion and conspiracy are essentially synonymous terms?"
Mueller: "No" -- but after review of the report language Mueller agrees they are.

Lofgren: "Who benefited from Russian interference?"
Mueller: "Trump"

JACKSON LEE: We determined there was sufficient factual and legal basis to further investigate obstruction of justice against the president. Is that correct? Mueller: Yes

JACKSON LEE: "Does obstruction of justice warrant a long time in jail?" MUELLER: "Yes".

MUELLER: "Mandate does not go to other ways of addressing conduct" (Referring to why he did not determine impeachable offenses).

COHEN: "President expressed his displeasure at learning Sessions had recused himself?" MUELLER: "Yes"

CHABOT: GPS Fusion owner Glenn Simpson not mentioned in your report. MUELLER: That is outside my purview. Also says the matter "IS being handled by others at DOJ". Mueller is likely referring to counterintelligence investigation.

GOHMERT: "You and Comey were friends"
MUELLER: "We were friends"

DEUTCH: The president of the U.S. wanted you fired because you were investigating obstruction of justice.

MUELLER: "We worked on the redacted version together" [with A.G. Barr]

JORDAN: "Mifsud lied three times. Why didn't you charge him with a crime? MUELLER: "I can't get into internal deliberations".

JORDAN: "Is Mifsud Western intelligence or foreign intelligence?" MUELLER: "I can get into that" Certainly sounds like there is an ongoing counterintelligence investigation.

"Would it have been a crime if McGahn had lied to you?" Mueller: "I don't want to speculate".

Mueller with regards to Steele: "That is beyond my purview" (which seems to be his code for ongoing counterintelligence investigation).

BREAKING: Robert Mueller tells House Judiciary Committee the Department of Justice is continuing to investigate the June Trump Tower meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya, Trump Jr. and co.

Mueller did not make a decision on indicting Trump for obstruction of justice: "We did not make that calculation because the OLC opinion said we could not."

LIEU: Breaks down obstruction of justice:
1. Obstructive act: Trump tells Lewandowski to get mesage to Sessions.
2. Nexus to legal proceeding: Grand Jury.
3. Corrupt intent "substantial evidence to prevent scrutiny".

MUELLER implies Barr was lying at press conference. LESKO: "Did A.G. Barr say anything inaccurate at press conference?" MUELLER: "That does not take into account my letter to A.G. Barr. That letter stands for itself".

MUELLER: Andrew Weissmann is one of the most talented prosecutors we have.