President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE early Monday morning tweeted out a column claiming his critics had lost momentum since the release of special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE’s report.

“If Democrats could still claim that Trump and Russia conspired in 2016, they would still have the upper hand. But after Mueller, that claim is no longer possible, and Democratic hopes are dwindling,” conservative columnist Byron York wrote in the Washington Examiner.

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“The Mainstream Media hates to cover this!” Trump said, sharing a tweet by Fox News’s Brit Hume linking to the column.

The Mainstream Media hates to cover this! https://t.co/EMhAVWCjVf — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 19, 2019

Mueller’s report, released last month in a redacted form, found that while the investigation did not establish coordination or conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, it could not make a conclusion on obstruction of justice.

Congressional Democrats have subpoenaed Attorney General William Barr Bill BarrHarris faces pivotal moment with Supreme Court battle Hillicon Valley: DOJ proposes tech liability shield reform to Congress | Treasury sanctions individuals, groups tied to Russian malign influence activities | House Republican introduces bill to set standards for self-driving cars McCarthy threatens motion to oust Pelosi if she moves forward with impeachment MORE for the unredacted report and underlying evidence in the investigation, and voted to hold him in contempt when he refused. The White House invoked executive privilege to shield the material on earlier this month.

Mueller has disputed Attorney General William Barr’s initial characterization of the report before its redacted release, writing his summary in March caused “public confusion about critical aspects of the results of our investigation.”

“This threatens to undermine a central purpose for which the Department appointed the Special Counsel: to assure full public confidence in the outcome of the investigations,” Mueller wrote.

Despite this pushback, Trump has repeatedly characterized the report as fully exonerating him, often while attacking Mueller’s impartiality.

On Sunday, responding to Rep. Justin Amash Justin AmashInternal Democratic poll shows tight race in contest to replace Amash Centrist Democrats 'strongly considering' discharge petition on GOP PPP bill On The Trail: How Nancy Pelosi could improbably become president MORE’s (R-Mich.) claim that the report details impeachable offenses, Trump tweeted that the report was written by “18 Angry Dems who hated Trump” but “was nevertheless strong on NO COLLUSION and, ultimately, NO OBSTRUCTION.”