Donald Trump Jr.Brendan McDermid/Reuters- President Donald Trump's supporters celebrated the conclusion of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation on Friday evening, claiming that the president has been cleared of any collusion charges.
- Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son, simply tweeted "#CollusionTruthers."
- But investigations related to the Russia probe are far from over.
- There are still several court cases, cooperation agreements, potential future indictments, and related investigations being handled by other US attorneys' offices that will continue well past the Mueller report's release.
President Donald Trump's supporters celebrated the conclusion of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation on Friday evening, claiming the president has been vindicated.
They argued that the news that Mueller won't pursue any additional indictments means that Trump has been cleared of all accusations that he or his campaign colluded with Russia to swing the 2016 election.
Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son, simply tweeted "#CollusionTruthers."Andrew Surabian, Don Jr.'s political adviser and a GOP strategist, expanded on that reaction.
"The #CollusionTruthers in the Dem Party and their friends on @CNN/@MSNBC don't seem very happy today, I wonder why?" Surabian tweeted.
Mueller spent nearly two years investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 US election, whether President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Moscow, and whether Trump sought to obstruct justice when he fired FBI Director James Comey. The FBI launched the Russia probe in the summer of 2016, and Mueller began overseeing it after Comey's ouster.
Other conservatives used the opportunity to slam Democrats and the media, arguing that the probe was a witch hunt, as the president has long maintained.
The investigation into Trump is far from over
The release of Barr's summary of Mueller's findings does not necessarily signify the end of the Russia investigation. There are a plethora of court cases, cooperation agreements, and potential future indictments that could drop well after Barr submits his report to Congress.
Here are some of the major threads that experts say will continue past the release of the Mueller report:
Conservatives:
Never forget this.
The left entangled us in a two year controversy on lies
Some Republicans were also involved in the dossier creation
They did this to ruin Trump's movement
A movement that threatened the ruling class
People need to go to prison for this
- Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) March 22, 2019Now that we know there are no additional indictments we can rest assured that we've all been subjected to one of the most grotesque abuses of power in American history. NOT ONE PERSON has been charged, indicted, or convicted on ANY collusion charge, because there aren't any.
- Dan Bongino (@dbongino) March 22, 2019The #CollusionTruthers in the Dem Party and their friends on @CNN/@MSNBC don't seem very happy today, I wonder why? https://t.co/8ri9kwKeus
- Andrew Surabian (@Surabees) March 22, 20190 Russian indictments.
The Cult of Mueller has been a real life confederacy of dunces.
- Mike Cernovich (@Cernovich) March 22, 2019When the Mueller investigation ends with no Trump indictment for Muh Russia pic.twitter.com/5MQignyqax
- Jack Posobiec ���� (@JackPosobiec) March 22, 2019The Witch Hunt is over! Make the report public. Millions of taxpayer dollars wasted.
- Corey R. Lewandowski (@CLewandowski_) March 22, 2019