President Trump’s lawyers did not request redactions in the Mueller report, ...

Attorney General William Barr just wrapped up his news conference on special counsel Robert Mueller's report.

Legal analyst Elie Honig examined Barr's prepared remarks. Here's what he found:

On the hacking, the bar here is did they participate in the hacking effort? This line of the conspiracy is up to the prosecutor, and this is very narrowly defined. We will have to see what Mueller says about efforts to receive and publish the information once hacked, which may not have been seen as criminal but could be problematic from a legal and ethical standpoint. 

Under applicable law, publication of these types of materials would not be criminal unless the publisher also participated in the underlying hacking conspiracy. Here, too, the special counsel’s report did not find that any person associated with the Trump campaign illegally participated in the dissemination of the materials.

The first hint that Barr and Mueller did not approach obstruction in the same manner. Barr says he accepted the framework from Mueller, nonetheless, but it was not solely the basis of Barr and Rosenstein’s ultimate decision: Although the deputy attorney general and I disagreed with some of the special counsel’s legal theories and felt that some of the episodes examined did not amount to obstruction as a matter of law, we did not rely solely on that in making our decision. Instead, we accepted the special counsel’s legal framework for purposes of our analysis and evaluated the evidence as presented by the special counsel in reaching our conclusion. 

This is a debatable premise to negate the idea of obstruction. In fact, it could be argued this would speak to motive for obstruction: And as the special counsel’s report acknowledges, there is substantial evidence to show that the President was frustrated and angered by a sincere belief that the investigation was undermining his presidency, propelled by his political opponents, and fueled by illegal leaks.   

We're expecting Attorney General William Barr to release a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report soon.

While Barr just held a news conference and answered several questions about the forthcoming report, it still hasn't been released. Here's what we know so far:

Attorney General William Barr asserted in his statement that Robert Mueller found "no evidence that any Americans" helped the Russian government or the Internet Research Agency in their schemes to influence the 2016 election.

But one American was charged with aiding the Internet Research Agency— though he did so without knowing the full extent of the alleged conspiracy — and is serving six months in prison for the crime of identity fraud.

That American, a Californian named Richard Pinedo, admitted to selling to Russians involved in the Internet Research Agency effort to disrupt the election online accounts that allowed them to post propaganda on social media that could affect American voters.

Pinedo, 29, is in federal prison in California for another month.

Barr in his statement quoted directly from Mueller’s report that the special counsel had not identified evidence that US persons “knowingly or intentionally coordinated” with the Internet Research Agency.

Pinedo ran a website that sold dummy bank accounts to eBay, Facebook and other online service users having trouble with the transaction service PayPal. His service allowed people online to breeze through PayPal's financial verification steps and, in the case of the Russians, buy ads on Facebook. 

Prosecutors told a judge last year that Pinedo gave them "significant assistance" as part of his guilty plea, and that his admissions and testimony "saved the government significant time and resources in the investigation." He helped them identify previously anonymous Russians and the details of their alleged scheme.

The criminal case against the Internet Research Agency is continuing, with a Russian company charged in the case pleading not guilty.

Rep. Jerry Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has sent a letter to special counsel Robert Mueller asking him to testify soon.

"I request your testimony before the the Judiciary Committee as soon as possible — but, in any event, no later than May 23, 2019," he wrote.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have already called on Mueller to testify.

Here's Nadler's letter:

President Trump tweeted "game over" moments after Attorney General William Barr held a news conference detailing special counsel Robert Mueller's report.

He tweeted an image of himself that appropriated the font style from "Game of Thrones."

Some background: Trump has used appropriated images from the "Game of Thrones" before.

In the past, HBO has responded, saying: "We were not aware of this messaging and would prefer our trademark not be misappropriated for political purposes."

(HBO and CNN share parent company WarnerMedia.)

Asked if special counsel Robert Mueller should testify before Congress about his report, Attorney General William Barr said he has no objection.

Barr is scheduled to testify next month in front of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees.

Attorney General William Barr just delivered remarks on the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. 

Click or tap here for a copy of the full remarks as prepared for delivery.

Attorney General William Barr said a group of bipartisan leaders from several congressional committees will see a version of report with no redactions, except for grand jury information.

"Nevertheless, in an effort to accommodate congressional requests, we will make available to a bipartisan group of leaders from several congressional committees a version of the report with all redactions removed except those relating to grand-jury information," he said.

President Trump's lawyers did not request redactions in the report, Attorney General William Barr said.

Barr made clear: "No one outside this group proposed any redactions, and no one outside the department has seen the unredacted report, with the exception of certain sections that were made available to IC, the intelligence community, for their advice on protecting intelligence sources and methods."