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Trump unleashes fury on Mueller, again disputes US intelligence findings on Russia

By Devan Cole

President Donald Trump launched a furious broadside Thursday morning against Robert Mueller the day after the special counsel discussed the findings of his report into Russian interference in the 2016 election and the investigation's inability to clear the President of obstruction of justice.

After a relatively muted response to Mueller's statement on Wednesday -- Trump at one point tweeted that there was "insufficient evidence" to prosecute him -- Trump unleashed a lengthy diatribe against Mueller on Twitter and at the White House, calling the special counsel conflicted and disputing US intelligence findings that the Kremlin interfered in the 2016 election to aid Trump's candidacy.

"No, Russia did not help me get elected," Trump told reporters at the White House. "You know who got me elected? You know who got me elected? I got me elected. Russia didn't help me at all. Russia, if anything, I think, helped the other side."

Trump was later pressed by a reporter on Mueller's decision not to make a determination on obstruction or charge the President with a crime.

"There were no charges. None," Trump said, directing the reporter to "read volume one" of the report, the section that outlines the investigation into collusion with the Russians during the 2016 election.

The reporter responded that Mueller couldn't say Trump was guilty because, as he said Wednesday, it would be "unfair" to accuse somebody of a crime when there could be no court resolution while he was in office.

Trump repeated that he was "innocent of all charges" and "there was no crime" before telling reporters to read Article Two of the Constitution, which outlines the powers of the presidency.

"Someday, you oughta read a thing called Article Two. Read Article Two, which gives the President powers you wouldn't believe, but I don't even have to rely on Article Two. There was no crime, there was no obstruction no obstruction, there was no collusion, there was no nothing," Trump said.

Asked if Mueller had behaved honorably, Trump said, "I think he's totally conflicted," referring to Mueller's brief membership at a Trump golf club in Virginia and repeatedly criticizing his once-close relationship with former FBI director James Comey.

At one point Thursday morning, Trump acknowledged on Twitter Russia's efforts to interfere in the 2016 election to aid his campaign before walking back the statement to reporters.

"Russia, Russia, Russia! That's all you heard at the beginning of this Witch Hunt Hoax...And now Russia has disappeared because I had nothing to do with Russia helping me to get elected. It was a crime that didn't exist," Trump wrote in a tweet.

Trump has frequently denied that Russia interfered in the election to help him, a position that stands at odds with the US intelligence community's assessment of Russia's actions in 2016.

In July, during a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump took the unprecedented step of siding with Russia in their denial of interfering in the election, saying he doesn't "see any reason why" Russia would be responsible. He later said he misspoke.

The US intelligence community has said the Russians did not change vote totals. It is not possible to assess the impact of their efforts on voters' opinions and behaviors.