"The evidence we obtained about the President's actions and intent presents difficult issues that prevent us from conclusively determining that no criminal conduct occurred," the report said.

"Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him," it added.

Barr, who held a press conference at the Justice Department shortly before the report's public release, said Mueller did not make a "traditional prosecutorial judgement" regarding allegations that Trump had obstructed justice.

Instead, the special counsel recounts in his report 10 episodes involving the president and "discusses potential legal theories for connecting these actions to elements of an obstruction offense," according to Barr.

Barr said that he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein disagreed with some of Mueller's "legal theories" about obstruction of justice and concluded that the special counsel did not have "sufficient" evidence to establish that Trump committed an obstruction of justice offense.

Trump told an event at the White House on Thursday that he's "having a good day."

"It's called no collusion, no obstruction," he said. "This should never happen to another president again."

Trump's re-election campaign claimed in a statement on Thursday that the president "has been fully and completely exonerated yet again."

"Now the tables have turned, and it's time to investigate the liars who instigated this sham investigation into President Trump," said campaign manager Brad Parscale.

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