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President Trump has enthusiastically greeted Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report, which found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in 2016, and called it a "Complete and Total EXONERATION."

Special Counsel Robert Mueller submitted his report to Attorney General William Barr on Friday, after almost two years of investigation. Barr released a summary of the report on Sunday, explaining that Mueller found no evidence of 'Russian collusion' and insufficient evidence of obstruction of justice.

"It's a shame that our country had to go through this," Trump told reporters after Barr's letter went public. "To be honest, it's a shame your president had to go through this."

"This was an illegal takedown that failed," he continued.

Trump had repeatedly criticized Mueller's probe, calling it a politically-motivated "witch hunt," and an "illegal and conflated investigation in search of a crime." Trump had also called Mueller "out of control" and referred to his legal team as a "band of angry Democrats."

With Mueller's report finished, Trump's opponents have shifted to pressuring Barr to release its underlying evidence. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that this evidence "may be even more important to the truth than the report itself."

For Trump's most ardent opponents, the report has seemingly done little to sate their desire to go after the President. California Rep. Adam Schiff (D), currently heading a House Intelligence Committee investigation into alleged 'Russian collusion,' told ABC News on Sunday that he believes "compelling" and "significant evidence of collusion" still exists.

With a summary of the long-awaited Mueller report published at last, the #Resistance's media-political axis are doing their best to spin it as proof that Trump is guilty of SOMETHING - and that the full report will vindicate them.

Attorney General William Barr's summary of the still-unpublished special counsel report poured cold water on most of the lingering Russiagate embers, stating that not only was there no evidence the Trump campaign conspired or collaborated with the Russian government, but that there was insufficient evidence the president obstructed justice - leaving a tiny window of possibility through which the #Resistance immediately began cramming itself.

And cram they did. The media was afire with desperate attempts to spin the unspinnable.

The AP subtly arranged its headline for maximum effect, while the BBC had passed on to the "acceptance" stage of grieving.

Most pundits clung to the gray area implied by "evidence not sufficient."

The Young Turks' Cenk Uygur lamented that Mueller had focused on the wrong things the whole time - it wasn't about the election, dummies, it was about before and after the election!

A dour-looking Rep. Maxine Waters suggested that Trump had actually hypnotized his "sycophants" by repeating the "no collusion" line. "This is not the end of anything!" the congresswoman defiantly told Joy Reid. "There's so much that needs to be - you know - taken a look at this point."

Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, wouldn't let go of his impeachment dreams, demanding the release of all the evidence Mueller collected. "We know that the special counsel was not permitted to indict a sitting president, and we ought to see what evidence he produced," he told ABC's George Stephanopoulos, threatening to sue the Justice Department if it didn't cough up the goods.

House Judicial Committee chair Jerry Nadler thought that was a great idea, announcing his committee would haul Barr in to testify to exactly what he meant with that "does not exonerate" line the media chose to latch onto.

Sen. Ron Wyden blamed Barr for letting Trump get away, suggesting Mueller had dropped the ball by not indicting the president for obstruction himself - evidence be damned.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer also released a statement demanding the release of the full report along with "underlying documentation." After a 19-month investigation, there was surely a needle in this haystack, and the American people deserved to have a look.

Perhaps the best response came from former FBI director James Comey, whose firing triggered the appointment of Mueller as special counsel in the first place. What did it all mean? Why are we here? When a manufactured conspiracy falls in the forest, does it make a sound?

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The man, wearing a Soldiers of Odin jacket, attempted to punch Soini, who dodged the blow. However, he succeeded in hitting a security guard over the head with a bottle before being wrestled to the ground.

The Soldiers of Odin are a far right activist group, opposed to immigration, and founded in response to the 2015 refugee crisis which saw more than 32,000 migrants arrive in Finland.

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May's Cabinet in Open Revolt, Plotting Overthrow

According to the Sunday Times, at least six senior ministers want her deputy, David Lidington, to take the job until there's a formal leadership election. They'll confront her at a cabinet meeting Monday, and threaten a mass resignation if she doesn't step down, the report said. Michael Gove, a leading Brexiteer in the 2016 referendum, and Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt also have some support.

Senior cabinet ministers won't support immediate attempts to replace May as their priority is to get Brexit policy back on track, ITV journalist Robert Peston said in tweets. He added that they need to first make sure whether there will be a no-deal Brexit, amended deal or referendum, and only then replace the prime minister.

The Sunday Times, which spoke to 11 ministers, also noted:

• Hunt isn't in favor of Lidington because he thinks the deputy will strike a deal with Labour that allows the U.K. to become a permanent customs union member.
• Gove is willing to take on the role and has been putting together a leadership campaign team.
• Home Secretary Sajid Javid would back Lidington if the other candidates step aside; he wouldn't support Gove or Hunt.

May has grown increasingly isolated in recent months, at home and in Brussels. She has twice tried and failed to steer her EU-approved deal through Parliament, last week's televised address irked colleagues by pinning the blame for the deadlock on the House of Commons, and her dramatic shift in tone toward embracing a no-deal Brexit has angered the bulk of her Conservative Party lawmakers.

If May were removed, it wouldn't necessarily trigger a general election. Under the country's Fixed-Term Parliament Act, the next election is scheduled for May 2022.

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