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Had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. we did not, however, make a determination as to whether the president did commit a crime. >> so me made it clear he could not say the president didn't commit a crime, but he then went on to speak at length about why he couldn't do anything about it. couldn't do anything because of the rules barring the indictment of a sitting president that hemmed in the obstruction probe. >> the special counsel's office is part of the department of justice. and by regulation, it was bound by that department policy. ch...

Say i'm fluent -- >> you use the best words? >> i use the best words, i read the best words. i found that statement completely incomprehensible. i don't understand -- what it read to me like, it was negotiated with a bunch of lawyers so they could agree on something. and the word "not" appears about seven times in there. there's so many negatives and triple negatives. >> the statement, for those who are just tuning in, is essentially saying there's no agreement on a very limited statement about the characterization of barr and mueller see this. >> why he didn't find obstruction of justice. >> ...

Mueller talked, he wouldn't answer. >> no questions. >> reporter: some people are never satisfied. i don't like hearing mueller's voice. i like the mystery. >> the greatest oz has spoken! >> who are you? >> reporter: the great mueller then resumed his place behind the curtain. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> thanks for watching. anderson starts now. good evening. for the first time since being named special counsel, robert mueller spoke today publicly about the russia investigation and his report on it. everything about it was extraordinary, in particular how unpretentious and dutiful and ser...

His reputation. no, listening to robert mueller today speak for just about ten minutes, you knew you were listening to a serious person, a person of conscience, and a person who has lived a life of service to this country. 50 years ago, that service took him to vietnam. today, that service ended with his call that we all take seriously, russian interference in our democracy. as i said, there was so much that was extraordinary about hearing from mueller. there was the surprise of it, no big buildup, just word earlier today that he would speak at 11:00 a.m. the content of it was extraordinary as...

Get the picture he seemed to be painting today on obstruction. >> as set forth in the report after that investigation, if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. >> and they did not say so. did not say the president didn't commit a crime, not in the report and not today. the president has been saying "no collusion," "no obstruction." mueller didn't say that, which of course didn't stop the president from tweeting just today, quote, nothing changes from the mueller report. there was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our country, a pe...