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>> then could you repeat the question for me again? >> is it accurate to say the investigation found no documentary evidence that george papadopoulos told anyone affiliated with the trump campaign about joseph mifsud's claims that the russians had dirt on candidate clinton? >> i believe, it appearing in the report, that it's accurate. >> in the reported says, "no documentary evidence that papadopoulos shared this information with the campaign." it is therefore inaccurate to conclude that by the time of the june 9th, 2016 trump tower meeting, "the campaign was likely already on notice via georg...

So then that kind of changes the context of the report. >> no. we included in the report for exactly that reason. he may not know it. he should know it. >> you believe that attorney bill barr believes that somewhere in the hallways of the department of justice there's an office of exoneration? >> no, that's not what i said. >> i believe he knows. and i don't believe you put that in there for mr. barr. i think you put that in there for exactly what i'm going to discuss next. "the washington post" yesterday when speaking of your report, the article said trump could not be exonerated of trying to...

That is not the correct way to say it. as we say in the report, and as i said at the opening, we did not reach a determination as to whether the president committed a crime. with that, mr. chairman, i'm ready to answer questions. >> thank you, director mueller. i recognize myself for five minutes. director mueller, your report describes a sweeping and systematic effort by russia to influence our presidential election. is that correct? >> that is correct. >> and during the course of this russian interference in the election, the russians made outreach to the trump campaign, did they not? >> tha...

>> we have an election coming up in 2020, director. if a campaign receives an offer of dirt from a foreign individual or government, generally speaking, should that campaign report those contacts? >> should be. can be, depending on the circumstances of crime. >> i will you'll back the balance of my time >> mr. conaway? >> thank you. mr. mueller, did anyone ask you to exclude anything from your report that you felt should have been in the report? >> i don't think so, but it's not a small report. >> if somebody asked you specifically to exclude something? >> not that i can recall. >> i yield the...

>> i can't speak to that. that would be in levels of classification. >> all right. let me ask you this -- often times when we engage in these hearings, we forget the forest for the trees. you have a very large report here, of over 400 pages. most americans have not read it. we have read it. actually, the fbi director yesterday said he hadn't read it, which was a little discouraging. but on behalf of the american people, i will give you a minute and 39 seconds to tell the american people what you would like them to glean from this report. >> we spent substantial time believing we are giving a m...