Mr. Trump claimed vindication to cheers from the audience at a White House event with wounded veterans, above. “This should never happen to another president again, this hoax,” he said.

Democratic lawmakers and presidential candidates assailed the attorney general for trying to frame the results of the report before Congress or the public had a chance to read it for themselves.

If one thing is clear, it’s that the release did little to quell partisan rancor — or remove the discussion of possible presidential obstruction.

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