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Justice Department Releases Long-Awaited Mueller Report

Updated: 12:20 p.m.

Special counsel Robert Mueller's doorstop report about Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election thumped to Earth on Thursday following an explanation by the attorney general as to why President Trump isn't facing criminal charges.

Mueller detailed 10 "episodes" involving actions by Trump that might have constituted obstruction of justice, Attorney General Bill Barr said — but the Justice Department has concluded they did not amount violations of the law.

Barr said he is satisfied that Trump had "non-corrupt motives," prompting the attorney general to decide not to prosecute the president for obstruction.

[Read More: Team Couldn't Rule Out Obstruction Or Firmly Establish It]

Barr unveiled a redacted copy of Mueller's report later Thursday morning. Read the report below (PDF reader takes a minute to load).

Mueller Report on Scribd

Attorney General William Barr Addresses Reporters Ahead Of Mueller Report Release

[READ: The full transcription of Barr's remarks]

Philip Ewing is an election security editor with NPR's Washington Desk. He helps oversee coverage of election security, voting, disinformation, active measures and other issues. Ewing joined the Washington Desk from his previous role as NPR's national security editor, in which he helped direct coverage of the military, intelligence community, counterterrorism, veterans and more. He came to NPR in 2015 from Politico, where he was a Pentagon correspondent and defense editor. Previously, he served as managing editor of Military.com, and before that he covered the U.S. Navy for the Military Times newspapers.
Carrie Johnson is a justice correspondent for the Washington Desk.