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Where the investigations related to President Trump stand

WASHINGTON (AP) — A look at where investigations related to President Donald Trump stand and what may lie ahead for him:

WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW RIGHT NOW?

The Justice Department said Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation did not find evidence that Trump’s campaign “conspired or coordinated” with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election.

Mueller also investigated whether Trump obstructed justice but did not come to a definitive answer.

In a four-page letter to Congress, Attorney General William Barr quoted Mueller’s report as stating it “does not exonerate” the president on obstruction. Instead, Barr said, it “sets out evidence on both sides of the question.”

The attorney general’s decision quickly set off a fight with congressional Democrats, who want access to all of Mueller’s findings — and his supporting evidence.

RELATED: Reaction to AG William Barr’s summary of Mueller report

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SO … DID THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN COLLUDE WITH RUSSIA?

According to Mueller, the answer is no.

In his letter, Barr quotes from Mueller’s report saying his investigation “did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.”

The letter does not detail what Mueller learned about a broad range of Trump associates who had Russia-related contacts during the 2016 presidential campaign and transition period. It also doesn’t answer why several of those people lied to federal investigators or Congress during the Russia probe.

RELATED: DOJ: Trump campaign did not co-ordinate with Russia in 2016

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WHAT DOES TRUMP HAVE TO SAY ABOUT ALL THIS?

Trump, in Florida, celebrated that the report showed “there was no collusion.” He also claimed it showed there was no obstruction.

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IS TRUMP OUT OF THE WOODS?

No.

Trump also plays a central role in a separate case in New York, where prosecutors have implicated him in a crime. They say Trump directed his personal lawyer Michael Cohen to make illegal hush-money payments to two women as a way to quash potential sex scandals during the campaign. New York prosecutors also are looking into Trump’s inaugural fund.

Congressional investigations also are swirling around the president. Democrats have launched a sweeping probe of Trump, an aggressive investigation that threatens to shadow the president through the 2020 election season.

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For more in-depth information, follow AP coverage at https://apnews.com/TrumpInvestigations

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