The Most Glaring Omission from Trump’s Response to the Mueller Report

Donald Trump has wasted no time in responding to the report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller — at least to elements of it.

Let’s remember that the Department of Justice charged the Special Counsel with investigating the possibility of Russian interference into the 2016 Presidential election as well as the possibility of the Trump campaign’s cooperation with or involvement in Russia’s possible efforts to interfere in and influence that election.

A good portion of Attorney General William Barr’s summary of Mueller’s report focuses on the fact that the Special Counsel, in no uncertain terms, did in fact conclude that Russia did decidedly engage in a rather deliberate and elaborately strategized enterprise to influence the 2016 Presidential election, in part through a well-orchestrated social media campaign. Even Barr’s summary presents this finding with substantial detail as to how Russia carried out this plot.

Trump swiftly appeared before cameras after news that Barr’s summary had been released.

His main messages?

Take a guess:

That there was no collusion; it’s all been a hoax; and now the Democrats should be investigated in turn.