Mueller says he's officially closing the Russia investigation and resigning as special counsel

We finally know what Special Counsel Robert Mueller's voice sounds like.

On Wednesday, more than a month after submitting a report of his two-year investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election, Mueller publicly said the "investigation is complete." Mueller took no questions after the conference, but did say he was "formally closing the special counsel's office" and resigning his position "to return to private life."

Wednesday marked Mueller's first public statement regarding the probe, though it largely just summed up previous Department of Justice statements. Mueller's probe had concluded without charging President Trump with obstruction of justice, but also without exonerating him of the charge, and Mueller doubled down Wednesday by saying that if his team "had confidence that the president did not commit a crime, we would have said so." Still, Mueller clarified that it would "unconstitutional" to charge President Trump with a crime.

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Mueller's statement also comes amid continued efforts by House Democrats to get him to testify before Congress in the coming weeks, though Mueller implied he wouldn't agree to that because "the report is my testimony," he said. It also comes just days before CBS is set to air an interview with Attorney General William Barr on Friday. Barr reportedly knew what Mueller planned to say Wednesday ahead of time, and Mueller said no one asked him to make the Wednesday statement.