US President Donald Trump has declared he had been completely exonerated after his campaign was cleared of colluding with Russia in the 2016 election, in a major boost for his re-election hopes.
The long-awaited final report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Moscow's election meddling concluded that no member or associate of the campaign conspired or coordinated with Russia in its plot to boost Mr Trump in the vote more than two years ago.
While not completely absolving the president, Attorney General Bill Barr's letter to Congress summarising the still-secret Mueller report cleared a dark cloud that had hung over Mr Trump's legitimacy since he took office in January 2017.
