Special counsel Robert Mueller said that charging President Trump with a crime was ??not an option?? because of federal rules, but he also said, ??If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so.?? Mueller's remarks were a pointed rebuttal to Trump?s repeated claims that he was cleared and that the two-year inquiry was merely a ??witch hunt.??
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