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AP FACT CHECK: Trump defense misrepresents Mueller findings

by Associated Press
| January 21, 2020 4:05 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — In opening arguments of the impeachment trial, President Donald Trump's defense misrepresented the findings of a special counsel's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election by claiming the president was cleared of obstruction of justice.

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