Mueller Report: Democrats Keep Pressure On Trump Over Russia

Democrats are keeping up pressure on President Donald Trump following the long-awaited release of a report into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Washington (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th April, 2019) Democrats are keeping up pressure on President Donald Trump following the long-awaited release of a report into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.They want Robert Mueller, the man who collated the report, to publicly testify before congress about the work he has done.The redacted report, which was released on Thursday, reveals the president tried to get Mr Mueller fired.Trump's legal team has described its release as a "total victory".Russia's Foreign Ministry, meanwhile, has dismissed the findings of the report, saying it failed to find evidence proving Moscow meddled in the election.The 448-page redacted document is the result of a 22-month investigation by Mueller, who was appointed to investigate alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign.Mueller's report says he found no criminal conspiracy between Trump's campaign and Russia, but could not reach a concrete legal conclusion on whether Trump tried to obstruct the investigation."If we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the president clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state," the report says.

"Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, we are unable to reach that judgement.Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him."The report also reveals:Trump instructed a White House lawyer to try to get Mueller removed over alleged "conflicts of interest", but the lawyer resigned because "he did not plan" to follow the directiveTrump reportedly used an expletive when the investigation was announced, adding: "Oh my god.

This is terrible. This is the end of my presidency"Mueller examined 10 actions by the president in regards to obstruction of justice, which he said largely "took place in public view"The report says that potential obstruction of justice by the president only failed because members of his administration refused to "carry out orders"Investigators viewed the president's written responses to their questions as "inadequate" but chose not to pursue a potentially lengthy legal battle to interview himDemocrat congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer in a joint statement said the report painted a "disturbing picture of a president who has been weaving a web of deceit, lies and improper behaviour".The party has begun moves to try to obtain the full, unredacted document and to have Mueller testify before Congress.Congresswoman Jackie Speier told that Mueller had "basically tossed the ball to Congress and said, 'you need to pursue obstruction of justice here'."Democrats have also attacked US Attorney-General William Barr, accusing him of "misleading" them with an earlier summary of the report's findings regarding whether Trump obstructed justice.Barr held a news conference before the report was made public in which he backed the president.The report has long been viewed as a potential tool to impeach the president but the House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said this would not be "worthwhile at this point"."Very frankly, there is an election in 18 months and the American people will make a judgement,"ENDS/ONLIN/SN/SM============Woman shot dead in N.

Ireland in 'terrorist incident'LONDON. April 19, (Online): A woman has been shot dead during riots in the city of Londonderry in Northern Ireland and the killing is being treated as a terrorist incident, police said Friday, following the latest upsurge in violence to shake the troubled region.Although the woman had yet to be formally identified, several reporters named her as Lyra McKee, a fellow journalist who had earlier posted an image that appeared to be from the riots in the city, also known as Derry, accompanied by the words "Derry tonight.

Absolute madness."Images of the unrest posted on social media showed a car and van ablaze and hooded individuals throwing petrol bombs and fireworks at police vehicles."Sadly I can confirm that following shots being fired tonight in Creggan, a 29-year-old woman has been killed," Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hamilton said in a statement on Twitter."We are treating this as a terrorist incident and we have launched a murder enquiry."It was not immediately clear who had fired the shots that killed the woman, but a leading republican politician blamed "so-called dissidents".Journalist Matthew Hughes identified the dead woman as one of his friends, McKee."I just received the heartbreaking news that my friend @LyraMcKee was murdered tonight in a terrorist incident in Derry," he wrote on Twitter.Leona O�Neill, a reporter with the Belfast Telegraph, said she had been next to the woman when she was shot."I was standing beside this young woman when she fell beside a police Land Rover tonight in Creggan #Derry.

I called an ambulance for her but police put her in the back of their vehicle and rushed her to hospital where she died. Just 29 years old. Sick to my stomach tonight," she tweeted.The violence came in the run-up to the Easter weekend, when Republicans opposed to British presence in Northern Ireland mark the anniversary of a 1916 uprising against British rule.A car-bombing and the hijacking of two vans in Londonderry earlier this year were also blamed on a dissident paramilitary group.Michelle O�Neill, the deputy leader of Irish republican party Sinn Fein, condemned those responsible for the killing.My heart goes out to the family of the young woman shot dead by so-called dissidents," she wrote on Twitter."This was an attack on the community, an attack on the peace process and an attack on the Good Friday Agreement," the peace deal that largely brought an end to violence on the island exactly 21 years ago, she added, calling for calm.Arlene Foster, leader of the Democratic Union Party, which is in favour of Britain�s presence in Northern Ireland, described the death as "heartbreaking news"."A senseless act.

A family has been torn apart. Those who brought guns onto our streets in the 70s, 80s & 90s were wrong. It is equally wrong in 2019. No one wants to go back," she wrote on Twitter.The Good Friday Agreement in 1998 largely brought an end to three decades of sectarian bloodshed in Northern Ireland between republican and unionist paramilitaries, as well as British armed forces, in a period known as "the Troubles".Some 3,500 people were killed in the conflict -- many at the hands of the Irish Republican Army (IRA).Police have blamed a group called the New IRA for the flare-up in violence in recent months.Some have expressed fears that recent attacks could be a sign that paramilitaries are seeking to exploit the current political turbulence over Northern Ireland and its border with the Republic of Ireland caused by Brexit.Londonderry was the scene of one of the darkest episodes in the Troubles in 1972, known as Bloody Sunday, when British troops opened fire on a civil rights demonstration and killed 13 people.

A 14th victim later died of his wounds.A photograph of a Catholic priest waving a bloodstained handkerchief as he tried to help 17-year-old victim Jackie Duddy to safety became a defining image of the incident.Following a long-running public inquiry in 2010, Britain�s then-prime minister David Cameron issued a formal state apology for the killings, calling them "unjustified and unjustifiable".A former British soldier was charged with murder last month over the killings.The ex-paratrooper, identified only as Soldier F, is accused of murdering two people and the attempted murder of four others in what was an early turning point in the history of the Troubles.