American industrial designer Tucker Viemeister has created a graphic that shows the US flag with portions blocked out, to critique the redacted release of the investigation into president Donald Trump's collusion with Russia.
New York-based Viemeister posted the Redacted US Flag to social media on 20 April, two days after the redacted Mueller Report was released to the public.
Thick lines cover parts of the flag's 13 red stripes to mimic the way that words, phrases and paragraphs are blacked out in the 448-page document, which details special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian influence on the 2016 US presidential campaign.
"This version of our once-proud nation's flag did a good job of summarising the State of Our Union in the wake of the recently 'released' Mueller Report," Viemeister told Dezeen. "Can the Redacted States of America lead the free world"" "People can figure out what they are missing"
Mueller and a team of investigators conducted the inquiry for 22 months. The investigation looked into whether Russia meddled in the election, if Trump illegally colluded with the country, and whether there were obstructions of justice.
Officially known as the Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election, the full version of the report was submitted to Attorney General William Barr on 20 March. The findings included a number of instances of contact between Trump's presidential c...