India, April 19 -- Repeating language he has used throughout the investigation, President Donald Trump declared victory Thursday following the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

"No collusion, no obstruction," Trump said in remarks from the White House. "There never was by the way, and there never will be."

He added, "This should never happen to another president again, this hoax, it should never happen to another president again."

The comments from Trump come after Attorney General William Barr publicly released a redacted version of the nearly 500-page report.

Barr also used the president's "no collusion" language when summarizing the report's findings in a p...