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"Emmet Flood, who came to the White House to help me with the
Mueller Report, will be leaving service on June 14th. He has
done an outstanding job – NO COLLUSION - NO OBSTRUCTION! Case
Closed! Emmet is my friend, and I thank him for the GREAT JOB he
has done," Trump said on Twitter.
Trump has been restructuring his legal team as he shifts from
dealing with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe to
battling Democratic-led investigations in the U.S. Congress.
Flood, an experienced Washington lawyer, holds the job of
special counsel to the president. Flood and Pat Cipollone, who
holds the post of White House counsel, represent the presidency
as an institution, not Trump as an individual.
Mueller concluded that Russia repeatedly interfered in the 2016
election and that Trump's campaign had multiple contacts with
Russian officials, but he did not establish that there was a
criminal conspiracy with Moscow to win the White House.
Mueller's report declined to make a judgment on whether Trump
obstructed justice, although it outlined instances in which
Trump tried to have Mueller fired or otherwise impede the
investigation.
(Reporting by Mike Stone; Editing by Alistair Bell)
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