Clinton: Mueller report shows Russian interference, obstruction of justice

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claims that Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election and obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump are the two “inescapable conclusions” that can be derived from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report.

Speaking at Wellesley College on Saturday, Clinton said the report, which came out last month, showed that Russia “conducted a sweeping and systemic interference in our election,” and that, unlike what the Trump administration says, “obstruction of justice occurred.”

"You cannot read the report, chapter and verse, fact after fact, without reaching those conclusions," Clinton, who lost her bid for the presidency in 2016 against then-candidate Donald Trump, told the crowd.

Clinton, who lost the 2016 vote to Trump in a surprising defeat, went on to say that people were tired of hearing about the findings of Mueller's report and wanted to move on "to their normal lives."

"People just want to quit hearing about it and get back to their normal lives. There is nothing normal about undermining the rule of law. There is nothing normal about attacking the press. There is nothing normal about trying to undermine another branch of government," she said in reference to Trump's conduct.

Clinton had previously stated that she believes Russian interference was a factor in her loss to Trump in the race for the White House.

Trump believes that the Mueller report shows no collusion between his campaign team and the Russian government.

Clinton's remarks come as calls for impeachment of Trump have grown among politicians in the United States in the wake of the special counsel’s final statement at the conclusion of the so-called Russia probe.

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In his last statement, the special counsel neither cleared the president nor charged him, throwing the ball into the Congress’ court.

“If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so,” he said during a recent press conference. “We did not however make a determination as to whether the president did commit a crime.”

Mueller argued that the decision not to charge Trump was made based on the Justice Department’s longstanding policy of not bringing charges against a sitting president.

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Mueller, a former FBI director, had been examining since May 2017 whether Trump’s election campaign colluded with Moscow to try to influence the 2016 presidential election and whether the Republican president later unlawfully tried to obstruct his investigation.

US intelligence agencies claimed Moscow had meddled in the election with a campaign of email hacking and online propaganda aimed at sowing discord in the United States, hurting Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in favor of Trump.

Both Trump and Russia repeatedly denied the accusations. Trump discredited the investigation by calling it a “witch hunt” and accusing Mueller of conflicts of interest.

Throughout the investigation, Mueller brought charges against 34 people and three companies.

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