memeorandum: A Case for the Electoral College (Ross Douthat/New York Times)

6:40 PM ET, March 24, 2019

Top Items:

Mueller Finds No Trump-Russia Conspiracy but Stops Short of Exonerating President on Obstruction — WASHINGTON — The investigation led by Robert S. Mueller III found that neither President Trump nor any of his aides conspired or coordinated with the Russian government's 2016 election interference …

Discussion: The Bulwark, Vox, Washington Post, Raw Story, CNN, ThinkProgress, CBS News, Common Dreams, Jezebel, Towleroad Gay News, Althouse and The Mahablog

David Frum / The Atlantic:

The Question the Mueller Report Has Not Answered — Good news, America. Russia helped install your president. But although he owes his job in large part to that help, the president did not conspire or collude with his helpers. He was the beneficiary of a foreign intelligence operation …

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Mueller finds no evidence of Trump-Russia conspiracy — Robert Mueller's nearly two-year-long Russia probe concluded without finding adequate evidence to show that officials with Donald Trump's presidential 2016 campaign aided Russian attempts to interfere with the election.

Discussion: Vox, Bloomberg, Mother Jones, Power Line, Axios and Breitbart

Washington Post:

Mueller did not find the Trump campaign conspired with Russia, attorney general says — Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III did not find that Donald Trump or his campaign schemed with Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, according to a summary released Sunday …

Discussion: New York Times, Talking Points Memo, Townhall, Quartz, Raw Story and Breitbart

Associated Press:

AP PHOTOS: Mueller flashes smile as world awaits his report — WASHINGTON — As the world anxiously awaits the findings of the Russia investigation, special counsel Robert Mueller flashed a smile Sunday after going to church with his wife in Washington. — Mueller and his wife, Ann …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and twitchy.com

Mike Levine / ABC News:

Mueller report letter from Attorney General William Barr sent to Congress; describes ‘two main’ Russian efforts to influence the election; no conclusion on justice obstruction — The report doesn't conclude Trump committed a crime and doesn't exonerate him.

Discussion: Politico, Axios, Breitbart, Byline Times, The Gateway Pundit and The Week

Abigail Abrams / TIME:

These Are All of the Other Investigations Donald Trump Faces — While Special Counsel Robert Mueller submitted his confidential report to the Justice Department on Friday, the investigations surrounding President Donald Trump and his associates are far from over.

Discussion: Hullabaloo, Townhall, Washington Post, The Week, New York Times and RT

Will Bunch / Philly.com:

March Mueller Madness shows the system that worked in Watergate is broken today — America is having a bit of an Apollo 13 moment right now. In April 1970, a riveted nation spent several days fixated on the fate of three NASA astronauts whose Moon landing was aborted after an onboard explosion.

Discussion: The Atlantic, ThinkProgress and Bloomberg

Politico:

POLITICO Playbook: Mueller fallout ... All eyes on Barr — DRIVING THE DAY — NEW: THE PRESIDENT'S WEEK: Monday: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and will take a photo with the NHL's Washington Capitals. Tuesday: Trump will host …

Discussion: RedState, Texas Monthly and The Guardian

Ken White / The Atlantic:

What the Shadow of the Mueller Report Reveals — Attorney General William Barr's letter will do little to bridge the partisan divide. — Attorney and former federal prosecutor — We cannot yet see the report Special Counsel Robert Mueller submitted to Attorney General William Barr last Friday.

Discussion: Vox, The Bulwark and Lawfare

Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite: Brian Stelter Defends Media Coverage of Mueller Probe From ‘Rookie’ Attacks: 'Don't Be Fooled By the Partisans'

CNN:
Mueller did not find Trump or his campaign conspired with Russia, also did not exonerate him on obstruction

Discussion: The Hill, The Wrap and Talking Points Memo

Dana Farrington / NPR:
READ: The Justice Department's Summary Of The Mueller Report

Discussion: Vox, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and Mediaite

Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Nadler: DOJ withholding underlying evidence of Mueller report would be ‘equivalent to a cover-up’

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA

Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times: Atty. Gen. Barr expected to send summary of Mueller's Russia findings to Congress

Robert Reich / The Guardian:
It's Mueller time but don't forget: Trump has undermined the very idea of America

Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA

Bill Hutchinson / ABC News:
Would be wise to wait ‘til we see the facts’ in Mueller report: House Intel chair

Discussion: New York Times, NBC News, Axios, Politico, Breitbart, Washington Post, The Daily Beast, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and Slate

Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Nadler: Executive privilege can't be used to ‘hide wrongdoing’ in Mueller report

Discussion: Rolling Stone

Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review: After Mueller's Exoneration of Trump, Full Disclosure

Darren Samuelsohn / Politico: Trump declares victory after release of Mueller findings

Victoria Guida / Politico:
Nadler to DOJ: Don't hide evidence of Trump wrongdoing

Discussion: Breitbart

Monique O. Madan / miamiherald:

Second Parkland shooting survivor kills himself, police confirm — A second Parkland shooting survivor has killed himself, Coral Springs police confirmed on Sunday. — Investigators told the Miami Herald that a current Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student died in “an apparent suicide” on Saturday night.

Discussion: RedState, Quartz, Sun-Sentinel, Fox News, Raw Story, FOX31 Denver, The Daily Beast, The Guardian, New York Post and Outside the Beltway

Alayna Treene / Axios:

The 2020 Democrats Trumpworld fears most — President Trump has publicly boasted that he could beat any of his 2020 Democratic challengers. But privately, several members of the Trump campaign see a few who could pose a threat to his re-election, and are in the early stages of building out their strategy for attack.

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA

NBC News: Beto O'Rourke could be a threat — to Biden on his right and Sanders on his left

David Krayden / The Daily Caller:

Hundreds Protest Rep. Ilhan Omar, CAIR Fundraiser — Angry protesters greeted Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar as she arrived at a Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) fundraiser Saturday in California. — Protesters shouted “shame on you, terrorists,” “Burn the Quran!” and …

Discussion: Daily News, JNS.org and The Gateway Pundit

Los Angeles Times:
Bernie Sanders decries anti-Muslim violence in mosque visit and downtown L.A. rally

Discussion: Common Dreams, Fox News and Axios

Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times: Rep. Ilhan Omar tells California audience that Trump's anti-Islam remarks inspire attacks like New Zealand shooting

NBC News:

Why some Democrats say: Don't sleep on ‘Mayor Pete’ Buttigieg — The South Bend mayor is having a moment with Democrats, from the blue-checkmark salons of Twitter to the house parties of the early-voting states. — WASHINGTON — Pete Buttigieg just might be the anti-Trump.

Dan Merica / CNN:
Pete Buttigieg is having a moment

Discussion: Washington Post

David Rising / Associated Press:

German family to give $11M after hearing extent of Nazi past — BERLIN (AP) — One of Germany's richest families, whose company owns a controlling interest in Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Panera Bread, Pret a Manger and other well-known businesses, plans to donate millions to charity after learning …

Discussion: Slate, The Local and The Daily Caller

Dana Goodyear / New Yorker:

Trump's Potty Obsession, and the Streets of San Francisco — Not long ago, I found myself standing on a gritty stretch of sidewalk in San Francisco, South of Market, near the Tenderloin, with Sean Miller, a twenty-four-year-old software engineer. Miller is the developer of Snapcrap …