It doesn't have anything new that hasn't been said already. In fact, Mueller wants to let the report stand on its own. He did not indicate any pressure or so forth.
He reiterated what was said before, that the counsel's office could not exonerate POTUS ( but that is not his job ), nor could there be a criminal charge against the POTUS. That responsibility has been left up to Congress.
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As noted in one parenthetical comment, the part where they could not exonerate the POTUS, is a completely irrelevant line. It is an insinuation of guilt. Nor would he claim that there was clear evidence of a crime, but could not indict. I think that this was an equivocation. It is not his job to exonerate. It was his job to find the crime and report it back as such. He did that for collusion/conspiracy, but has refused to do that for obstruction.
I think that is was a disgraceful thing for him to do. He's pretty much encouraging the continuation of this Star Chamber treatment of the POTUS. For Congress' part, they do have the power of impeachment under the CONUS, but it is a political act. This statement was political, but doesn't give the Congress the legal cover that they want. There is no clear crime to indict, so Congress is going to want to investigate further. That's what Mueller is encouraging. A despicable trick.
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