Russiagate prosecutor Robert Mueller closes investigation: "Blaming Trump was not an option"

Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller announced that he would leave the Justice Ministry after completing his investigation into Russia's interference in the US election campaign. While considering that blaming Donald Trump for obstruction of justice "was not an option" because of the direction of the Department of Justice, the investigation also does not release suspicions.

"According to the department's policy, the president can not be charged with a federal crime during the term of officeMueller said in his first public comments in two years. It's unconstitutional, "said the former director of the FBI. Challenging the president of a crime, so it was not an option to consider, "he said.

In his report, a more than 400 pages drafted after 22 months of investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections, Mueller concluded that there were no tests of collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow.

At the same time, Mueller reiterated that his report did not exonerate the president. "If we were sure that the president had clearly not committed a crime, we would have said so. ", Says Mueller.

In the document, the prosecutor detailed 10 cases in which Trump reportedly attempted to foil the investigation, without indicating whether the president had actually obstructed justice or not.

It's Trump's appointed Attorney General, Bill Barr, who then said that there was "no sufficient evidence" to open an investigation into Trump's obstruction.

Since then, the president says that he was totally exempt from the charges. "There was no collusion, there was no obstruction," he repeats.

But the Democratic opposition insists to know more details of the investigation before deciding to initiate an impeachment process against the president, as some party members want.

The Democrat House of Representatives said it was waiting for Mueller to appear to discuss his investigation. In this regard, Mueller stated that considers "inappropriate" a testimony of his before Congress and, if indicated, repeat only what the report provided.