US President Donald Trump has dismissed unfavourable testimony in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election.
On Twitter, he described the statements as "fabricated" and "totally untrue", and said the report itself was "crazy.
Statements are made about me by certain people in the Crazy Mueller Report, in itself written by 18 Angry Democrat Trump Haters, which are fabricated & totally untrue. Watch out for people that take so-called "notes," when the notes never existed until needed. Because I never....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 19, 2019
...agreed to testify, it was not necessary for me to respond to statements made in the "Report" about me, some of which are total bullshit & only given to make the other person look good (or me to look bad). This was an Illegally Started Hoax that never should have happened, a...
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 19, 2019
Mr Mueller's redacted report recounts ten episodes involving the president and potential obstruction of the investigation.
After reviewing the document, Attorney General Bill Barr and his deputy Rod Rosenstein concluded there was insufficient evidence to charge the president with obstruction.
Mr Mueller, however, noted that while he was following US Justice Department policy in not charging Mr Trump, the evidence he gathered "does not exonerate" the president.
Democrats make legal push for all Russia probe evidence
Democrats in the US Congress have taken legal action to access all of the evidence from Mr Mueller's inquiry.
House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, a Democrat, issued a subpoena to the Justice Department for Attorney General William Barr to hand over the full report by Mr Mueller by 1 May.
He said he could not accept the version released yesterday that "leaves most of Congress in the dark".
"My committee needs and is entitled to the full version of the report and the underlying evidence consistent with past practice.
"The redactions appear to be significant. We have so far seen none of the actual evidence that the special counsel developed to make this case," Mr Nadler said in a statement.
Pelosi declines to comment on possibility of Trump impeachment
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has declined to comment on whether Congress might launch impeachment proceedings against President Trump, saying it was not appropriate to criticise him while abroad.
Mrs Pelosi is currently visiting Ireland.
"Whatever the issue and challenge that we face, the Congress of the United States will honour its oath of office to protect and defend the constitution of the United States, to protect our democracy," she told journalists during a visit to Stormont when asked about possible impeachment proceedings.
"The legislative branch has a responsibility of oversight of our democracy and we will exercise that," she said.
Moscow: Mueller report shows no evidence of Russian meddling
Russia has said that US Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report did not contain any evidence that the country had meddled in the 2016 US presidential election.
Moscow has consistently rejected any suggestion that it interfered in the election won by Mr Trump.
Speaking to reporters on a conference call, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow regretted the Mueller report was having an impact on its relations with Washington.
He also suggested that US taxpayers should question why their money was spent on the lengthy probe with such a result.
"In our country, the Audit Chamber would probably take an interest in such a report: what did American taxpayers' money get spent on? But let the US taxpayers themselves ask that question," Mr Peskov added.
