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Investigation. And the fact that barr has been really the only voice speaking out on this has fed that perception. So with mueller now finally adding his voice, that will hurt the president s ability to continue this line of total exoneration, jim. Especially when its not true. Doesnt match the facts. Sarah westwood, thanks very much. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Top of the hour here. I am jim sciutto in new york. Our breaking news, a bombshell in the making. Robert mueller, the Special Counsel, who has not said a word in public since he took over the Russia Investigation two years ago...

>> and that often works very well for him with a certain portion of the country. if you were there tomorrow asking questions, what do you think is absolutely vital that needs to come from mr. mueller? >> i think i would ask whether he -- whether after his doing his report and spending the time and using the resources he did, whether he can exonerate the president, yes or no. >> what do you think he says? >> he's going to have to say "no," he cannot exonerate the president, because that is what the report says. so he's said he's going to stick to his report, that his report is his testimony, an...

He -- whether after his doing his report and spending the time and using the resources he did, whether he can exonerate the president, yes or no. >> what do you think he says? >> he's going to have to say "no," he cannot exonerate the president, because that is what the report says. so he's said he's going to stick to his report, that his report is his testimony, and the report says very can clearly, this is verbatim, essentially, it says, if we could clearly state, we would. and we cannot clearly state. >> there's a lot of double speak in there, though. there's double speak about -- >> i woul...

To give us as to what was really going on there. do you think that even though there's not enough to bring a criminal charge, that these are very serious problems that you found and very serious misgivings and that you really did want congress to take a look at that. the problem is, i can't see him giving that much of an opinion about it. turning to the obstruction side, he's already opined that he cannot exonerate the president. so there he may be willing to speak more forcefully, and ideally, shed light on whether that office of legal counsel opinion really kept him from bringing a charge. a...