There was substantial evidence of criminal intent by the president , in his view. Were going to see bob mueller walk out and were going to be watching for is he alone, is mr. Barr behind him or in the room, what are the first words that bob mueller wants to publicly utter . A man who is reticent, sometimes to a fault his supporters say. He clearly has something to say. Does he in any way elude to or cite what we know to be major disagreements with mr. Barr about what mueller found in his investigation and about evidence about sitting the president. Here we have for the first time publicly in more than two years Robert Mueller. Thank you for being here. Two years ago the Acting Attorney General asked me to sv as Special Counsel. And he created the special
counsels office. The appointed directed the office to investigate russian interference in the 2016 president ial election. This included investigating any links or coordination between the russian government and individuals associated
justice reporter julia ainsley, live at the justice department. i have msnbc justice and security analyst, matt miller is back. mimi rocah, former assistant u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst. former feder former federal prosecutor glen kurchne. and, of course, our lead legal analyst, ari melber. robert mueller said he s speaking out because he s resigning, he s returning to private life. what instruct you the most? on the scene, this was vintage bob mueller. no questions, no bull. and just laying out what he s already laid out in the report. he basically quoted the key highlights in this report and in so doing, i think a fair reading of what he said would rebut the white house and parts of what his boss, bill barr, have said