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Igor Derysh

Ex-Mueller prosecutor: Barr memo "wrong"

U.S. President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr speak in the Oval Office before signing an executive order related to regulating social media (Doug MIlls-Pool/Getty Images)

Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann on Wednesday pushed back on a newly released Justice Department memo explaining the decision not to charge former President Donald Trump with obstruction in special counsel Bob Mueller's investigation.

The Justice Department on Wednesday released the unredacted version of a 2019 memo that argued Trump should not be charged with obstruction in response to a court ruling. The Mueller report detailed 10 potential acts of obstruction of justice by Trump but left the decision on whether to charge him to DOJ leaders.

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