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Barr: Mueller found no Russia conspiracy

Attorney General William Barr speaks alongside Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, right, and Deputy Attorney General Ed O'Callaghan, rear left, about the release of a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report during a news conference, Thursday, April 18, 2019, at the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Special counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence that any American — neither on the Trump campaign or otherwise — conspired with the Russian government or its operatives to interfere in the 2016 election, Attorney General William Barr announced Thursday.

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