Mr. Mueller said that Mr. Trump’s conduct had warranted criminal investigation, even though it was impossible to indict a sitting president. He seemed to cast the president’s conduct in a more damning light than Attorney General William Barr did six weeks ago, when he portrayed the investigation as vindicating Mr. Trump. We have video of Mr. Mueller’s statement, and a transcript of his comments.

Reaction: Mr. Mueller spoke on his last day as special counsel, saying it was his final word on his investigation. But with calls growing for impeachment proceedings, some House Democrats pushed to get him to testify.

News analysis: Mr. Mueller’s appearance “proved as polarizing and unsatisfying as almost everything else about the two-year investigation he led,” our chief White House correspondent writes.

The Daily: Today’s episode is about Mr. Mueller’s statement.

Related: President Trump acknowledged today for the first time that Russia helped him win the presidency in 2016, then quickly retracted the remark.