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There was no collusion ed working together through history right now. Our colleague, Shannon Bream, is live in washington. Bret baier will be back at 8 p. M. Eastern. Shannon bream in washington with more fox news special coverage. Dana thanks. It was just announced, there was no collusion with russia. The most ridiculous thing ive ever heard. There was no collusion with russia. There was no obstruction, none whatsoever. And it was a complete and total exoneration. Shannon President Trump just m...

Professor dershowitz say he thought that was a copout, leaving it to the attorney general to then make the decision not alone, but in concert with other legal officials within the department of justice that they didnt find a factual basis for obstruction of justice. it seems like though collusion is vet settled, thats the conversation were going to continue to have on the hill. >> that will be. that and the 81 other investigations that they have on all kinds of things. i think the southern distr...

Subject to those policies and procedures. also important here, shannon, is the fact that this was not a situation where they didnt take action against the president merely because he was the president. of so this is a 100% vindication of the prime minister i understand exactly what that -- the president. i understand exactly what that means. they did not make a decision on that, and thats the determination. shannon: yeah. of the president has said he wants this to be public, he wants the public ...

Determine the extent to which president trump obstructed justice. attorney general barr took two days. i would argue the letter goes farther than that because it says we didnt find he committed acts that were obstruction of justice. what do you make of this back and forth that were going to have over that point? >> well, thats exactly what happened with hillary clinton. when comey said not enough evidence to indict, but she was careless, every republican seized on that. what nadler said is exact...

Evidence to indict -- shannon: on obstruction. >> and were going to put a report out -- on obstruction. it sounds like a law school exam. thats not the job of the prosecutor. the job of the prosecutor is to decide, yes or no. make a decision. and then if you say yes, you indict. if you say no, you shut up. you dont go on and say, no, were not going to indict, but let me tell you all the evidence that might have led us to indict. thats exactly what prosecutors shouldnt do. thats exactly what come...

More. i think the mueller report does a good job of depoliticizing at least on the collusion, conspiracy, russian interference. but i think it did an abysmal job on the issue of obstruction of justice. we, the american public, are entitled to a yes or no decision, not some law school essay on what arguments there are on both sides of this issue. that was a serious mistake. shannon: yeah. i do have, as you say, flashbacks to law school exams where you do try to cover every potential avenue, cover...

That, congressman? it seems like weve had the special counsel saying im not going to make a decision to exonerate or convict or try to indict on issues of obstruction. but the attorney general saying we say no to obstruction either. will democrats, is that going to be good enough for them? >> i dont think anythings going to be good enough for the democrats. but on the issue of collusion, for instance, muellers report said that there was no evidence at all. it wasnt that hes saying hes not going ...

Today, plenty of discussion about subpoenas, about subpoenaing underlying materials, mr. mueller, mr. barr themselves to come up to the hill. can you foresee a scenario in which that would happen and potentially the justice department, at the direction of the president as head of the executive branch, would tell them not to comply with the subpoenas and then this would wind its way to the supreme court? >> thats a decision that the executive branch would make. thats an article ii decision. thats...

Comey did in relation to her e-mail and why she wasnt indicted on that. i dont see a big difference. shannon: yeah, its interesting because we knew as soon as he saw where the special counsel said im not exonerating, im also not indicting the president or suggesting he committed a crime on this issue of obstruction of justice. he left it to the attorney general who then with the legal team and rod rosen sign and others -- rosenstein came to the conclusion they did not have a factual finding of o...