MUELLER REPORT RELEASE
The newly released report detailed how the special counsel’s team weighed the legal implications of examining President Trump for possible obstruction of justice and the motives behind some of his actions.
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Donald McGahn, who previously served as White House counsel, “responded that he would not refute the press accounts because they were accurate,” the report stated.
Michael Flynn, who later served as Trump’s national security adviser, told investigators that he had contacted multiple people to try to obtain the emails.
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“Oh my God, this is terrible. This is the end of my presidency.”
— President Trump, May 2017, in reaction to the appointment of the special counsel
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“We applied the framework of conspiracy law, not the concept of ‘collusion.’”
— Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report
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“If we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state.”
— Mueller’s report
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“In January 2018, Manafort told Gates that he had talked to the President’s personal counsel and they were ‘going to take care of us.’”
— The report on indicted former Trump campaign officials, chairman Paul Manafort and deputy Rick Gates
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“Evidence indicates that the catalyst for the President’s decision to fire Comey was Comey’s unwillingness to publicly state that the President was not personally under investigation.”
— Report on the firing of FBI director James Comey
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“The Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion.”
— Mueller’s report
The Fix
Analysis Laying out the facts is one thing. Providing a defense for President Trump on obstruction is another.
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