PHOENIX — “It was a complete and total exoneration.” That was the president's response to the summary of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the investigation into Russian electoral tampering provided in four pages by Attorney General William Barr.
In the summary, AG Barr said the Mueller report did not find a connection between the Trump campaign and Russia's attempt to influence the 2016 election.
On the issue of obstruction of justice, the report was less clear, according to the attorney general.
According to the summary, the Mueller report states, "While this report does not conclude the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him."
Attorney General Barr said he did not find enough evidence of obstruction of justice in the report.
Arizona's congressional delegation is mostly split along party lines on reaction to the report.
Congressman Rep. Andy Biggs joined the president, claiming the findings are "a full exoneration." Rep. Debbie Lesko agreed on Twitter as well, repeating the president's popular claim of the investigation being a "witch hunt." Rep. Paul Gosar joined with his fellow Republicans.
Senator Martha McSally stopped short of saying the investigation exonerated the president but did say it "wasted time and energy."
No statement was found from Rep. David Schweikert at the time of this writing.
Democrats, on the other hand, are pushing for the Mueller report to be made public or for the attorney general and Robert Mueller to testify before Congress.
No Statement was found from Rep. Tom O'Halleren or Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.
Last month, in an interview with 12 News' Brahm Resnik, Sinema did say she believed the attorney general would make the Mueller report public with the exception of documents that could be a threat to national security.