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Highlights From The Mueller Report, Annotated

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Updated at 9:37 p.m. ET The Justice Department has released a redacted copy of special counsel Robert Mueller's report into  Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election . »  A copy of the document is available here. Read notable excerpts from the redacted report, annotated by NPR reporters and editors, below. We'll be updating this analysis throughout the day as we read the report. Insufficient evidence In the report:  Page 9 ... while the investigation identified numerous links between individuals with ties to the Russian government and individuals associated with the Trump Campaign,  the evidence was not sufficient to support criminal charges. " [ This section outlines how flimsy investigators eventually concluded the case was—that those involved with  now-familiar Russian contacts  actually might have broken the law. Even the meeting involving top Trump campaign aides with a Russian delegation in New York City in June 2016 doesn't have en