George Conway suggests Mueller found evidence of collusion

George Conway on Sunday warned that there is a “critical distinction” between finding evidence President Trump or his campaign colluded with Russia and concluding a crime was committed, suggesting evidence of collusion may exist.

Conway, an attorney and the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, said special counsel Robert Mueller would have reported that he found no evidence of collusion if that was the case and that Attorney General William Barr would have repeated that language in his summary to Congress.

“But Mueller didn’t, and Barr didn’t,” George Conway, who is publicly critical of Trump tweeted.

Yes, please do. It’s a critical distinction, and one not hard to understand. If Mueller had used the words “no evidence of a conspiracy or coordination” (i.e., no collusion), you can be damned sure Barr would have quoted those words. But Mueller didn’t, and Barr didn’t. https://t.co/dkLxnEWPQz

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) April 14, 2019

{mosads}Barr in late March released to Congress a summary of Mueller’s findings, the result of a nearly two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion between Trump’s campaign and Moscow.

Mueller “did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities,” according to a quote from Mueller’s full report included in Barr’s summary.

Barr in his summary wrote in his own words that Mueller “did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.”

Recent reports have raised questions about whether Barr’s summary of Mueller’s report was completely accurate. Democrats have demanded the release of the full report as well as its underlying evidence, in an effort to assess the conclusion Barr reported.

“He’s being as forthcoming as he can, and so this notion that he’s trying to mislead people, I think, is just completely bizarre,” Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said last week, defending Barr’s summary.

Barr said last week that he is on track to release a redacted version of the nearly 400-page report to Congress by mid-April.