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That this has been a vict refor them, not only did the report not come out and say that the president obstructed justice, not come out and say that he conspired with the russians. but he does have an attorney general in place now, unlike before, who is really willing to go at aggressively what were the roots of this investigation and question the whole premise, which is what the president has been doing from the beginning. i think they're also feeling very good about the fact they're flexing their muscles against congress in their efforts to get some of these witnesses before congressional com...

Saying, we can find another horse and go beat it, but the evidence is pretty clear. and i think mr. mueller made the right decision. >> to be clear, the special counsel came up with 12 instances of possible obstruction of justice, but you're right, he did not make a decision. he left that to the attorney general. i want to ask you about iran. we have gone in the span of two weeks from this administration raising an alarm about iran potential iranian military activity, the deployment of an additional carrier group to the persian gulf, discussion of this intelligence indicating missiles placed o...

He had this. as you said, he chose -- yes, but mr. mueller was the one making the decision on this. taken in its entirety, he did not choose to indict on anything. and you know, there's 1 one thing i think you and i agree on. that is in america, there is a presumption of innocence. you can't turn it on itshead and say you have to prove you're innocent. you have to prove someone is guilty, and mr. mueller didn't come up with any proof of that. and i know -- >> he didn't make a decision. as you know, mueller said very explicit terms he did not exonerate the president. it was bill barr, the presi...

>> very good friday morning to you. i'm jim sciutto. poppy has deday off today. as the world waits to hear from robert mueller, attorney general billium barr gets his message out on the russia investigation. barr taking digs at how the whole probe began, and he's not pulling punches when it comes to the special counsel's decision not to make a decision on obstruction. >> were you surprised that he came back with no recommendation on that obstruction charge? did that surprise you? >> yes, that surprised me. >> how come? >> the function of a prosecutor is to make a call one way or the other. >> ...

Are pretty sparse in what they say. one of the things they do say is the special counsel shall make a prosecution or declination decision. the rusen mueller didn't do it is because of this doj policy against indicting a sitting president. he twists himself into knots in the report and speaks in riddle. i would say if he didn't do it but i'm not saying. maybe in the end analysis, maybe hindsight is 20/20, but maybe he should have given us a thumbs up or a thumbs down. >> i wonder if the white house thinks they're really winning here. you went from this two-year report, the special counsel does ...