Republicans cheer, Democrats challenge Mueller’s findings on Trump and Russia

Democrats have seized on an unusual wrinkle in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation of President Trump and Russian interference in the 2016 campaign to accuse the Justice Department of bias, while Republicans suggest that the president is owed an apology.

Attorney General William P. Barr issued a four-page letter Sunday that detailed the findings from Mueller’s nearly two-year investigation. They seemed to dispel the cloud of conspiracy that has hung over the administration since its inception. But by delivering caveats alongside conclusions, the closing of the Mueller investigation...