Commentaries And Analysis On The Mueller Report

Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept: Robert Mueller Did Not Merely Reject the Trump-Russia Conspiracy Theories. He Obliterated Them.

The two-pronged conspiracy theory that has dominated U.S. political discourse for almost three years – that (1) Trump, his family and his campaign conspired or coordinated with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election, and (2) Trump is beholden to Russian President Vladimir Putin — was not merely rejected today by the final report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. It was obliterated: in an undeniable and definitive manner.

The key fact is this: Mueller – contrary to weeks of false media claims – did not merely issue a narrow, cramped, legalistic finding that there was insufficient evidence to indict Trump associates for conspiring with Russia and then proving their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. That would have been devastating enough to those who spent the last two years or more misleading people to believe that conspiracy convictions of Trump’s closest aides and family members were inevitable. But his mandate was much broader than that: to state what did or did not happen.

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Commentaries And Analysis On The Mueller Report

Factbox: Long-awaited Mueller report is finally out. Now what? -- Richard Cowan, Reuters
Excerpts and Analysis From the Mueller Report -- New York Times
How Mueller's decision on obstruction helped save Trump -- Jan Wolfe and Noeleen Walder, Reuters
Mueller whacks Trump with evidence of obstruction -- Josh Gerstein and Darren Samuelsohn, Politico
Mueller report leaves Democrats in a quandary -- James Oliphant, Reuters
Excerpts and Analysis From the Mueller Report -- The New York Times
Mueller report sparks new DC war over Russia probe: Subpoenas, payback and more -- Gregg Re, FOX News
Mueller’s Damning Report -- The New York Times
Mueller report: The winners and losers -- Niall Stanage, The Hill
Mueller completely dropped the ball with obstruction punt -- Andrew C. McCarthy, NYPost
We don't need the Mueller report -- Oliver Sallet, DW
Mueller's 'road map' for impeachment -- Stephen Dinan, The Washington Times
Obstruction of Justice Usually Happens Behind Closed Doors. But Trump's Actions Were Public -- Abby Vesoulis, Time
Mueller report: Attorney General Barr jumped the gun in clearing Trump of obstruction -- Chris Truax, USA Today
Analysis: An annotated guide to the redacted Mueller report -- Politico
POLITICO Playbook PM: The report is out: Trump tried to remove Mueller -- Politico
Heavily redacted Mueller report leaves major questions unanswered -- Alexander Bolton, The Hill
Mueller's report would have signaled the end for anyone other than Trump -- Jon Swaine, The Guardian
The lesson of Mueller: An innocent man's defense can look like a guilty man's obstruction -- John Solomon, The Hill