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Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
The Many Problems With the Barr Letter — By unilaterally concluding that Trump did not obstruct justice, the attorney general has made it imperative that the public see the Mueller report. — Mr. Katyal is a law professor at Georgetown. He drafted the special counsel regulations under which Robert Mueller was appointed.
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Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
William Barr Punked The Media About The Mueller Report — Long before Special Counsel Robert Mueller finished his investigation, the public record was littered with detail—from indictments and investigative reports and the president's comments and his son's inbox—showing that the Trump campaign …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Serious journalists should be proud of — not bullied over — their Russia reporting — It should be no surprise to anyone that President Trump's reaction to the Mueller report is to attack reporters for doing their jobs. — That's exactly what he has been doing for years.
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Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
Mueller and the Conspiracy Around the Corner — We get more agitated by the anticipation of political revelations than by the actual findings. — Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large. — Over the weekend, Washington and much of America participated in a spectacle that's become familiar during …
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Associated Press:
Mueller report reprieve becomes Trump's re-election weapon — WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Donald Trump, the fight over the “witch hunt” is only just beginning. — Now that special counsel Robert Mueller's two-year investigation into Trump's campaign is over, it's being transformed …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Conclusion of Mueller probe raises anew criticisms of coverage — And now comes the reckoning for the mainstream news media and the pundits. — After more than two years of intense reporting and endless talking-head speculation about possible collusion between Donald Trump's presidential campaign …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
McCarthy demands Schiff step down as intel chairman — Republicans clamored for House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff's head Monday, demanding he give up his gavel or resign from Congress as part of their campaign of revenge against Democrats who pursued and promoted allegations …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
A Cloud Over Trump's Presidency Is Lifted — WASHINGTON — For President Trump, it may have been the best day of his tenure so far. The darkest, most ominous cloud hanging over his presidency was all but lifted on Sunday with the release of the special counsel's conclusions …
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The Daily Beast:
Trumpworld Gloats About Mueller: The ‘Fat Lady Has Sung’ — Republicans say the report is a slam dunk for the president—while Democrats claim the fight has only just begun. — Trumpworld spent Sunday doing the unthinkable: using Robert Mueller to dunk on Democrats.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
If Trump Obstructed Justice, He Can't Be Exonerated — The summary of Robert Mueller's report, given to Congress by Attorney General William Barr, asserts that President Trump engaged in a number of actions that impeded the investigation. At the same time, it concludes that Trump's campaign …
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Bob Bauer / New York Times:
Trump's Shamelessness Was Outside Mueller's Jurisdiction — A demagogic president can walk right up to the edge of committing a crime, so long as he operates brazenly in public view. — Mr. Bauer is a professor of practice and distinguished scholar in residence at New York University School of Law.
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Renato Mariotti / Politico:
William Barr Has Some Explaining to Do
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Dan B / Washington Post:
For Democrats, the Mueller report turns their politics upside down
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William Saletan / Slate:
Bill Barr's Weasel Words
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Whataboutism, Trump, Hillary, and Covington
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
It's Bigger Than Mueller and Trump
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump claims vindication, eyes vengeance
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“Trump Wins!”: The President, the Mueller Report, and Our New Political Normal
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Marcy Wheeler / New Republic:
Yes, Trump Obstructed Justice. And William Barr Is Helping Him Cover It Up.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Legal experts question William Barr's rationale for exonerating Trump
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Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
MUELLER SAYS NO COLLUSION, BARR RAISES A MILLION QUESTIONS
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Hope Yen / Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Mueller probe doesn't totally exonerate Trump
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Pelosi wins breathing room on impeachment after Mueller findings
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Washington Post:
‘No collusion!’ goes from a defiant mantra to a rallying cry for Trump's reelection
New York Times:
Read Attorney General William Barr's Summary of the Mueller Report
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Lawfare:
What to Make of Bill Barr's Letter
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emptywheel:
How William Barr Did Old Man Back-Flips to Avoid Arresting Donald Trump
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Trump, falsely accused of collusion, faces new onslaught of obstruction accusations
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Trump Aided and Abetted Russia's Attack. That Was Treachery. Full Stop.
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Ken White / The Atlantic:
Barr's Startling and Unseemly Haste
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Sohrab Ahmari / New York Post:
‘Collusion’ now exposed as nothing more than Trump-haters' opioid dream
Michael Calderone / Politico:
Media stares down ‘reckoning’ after Mueller report underwhelms
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Nicholas Rondinone / Hartford Courant:
Father of Sandy Hook victim Avielle Richman found dead at Edmond Town Hall after apparent suicide — The father of Avielle Richman, one of 20 first-grade students and six educators killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook School shooting, was found dead of an apparent suicide at Edmond Town Hall early Monday, police said.
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Rob Polansky / WFSB-TV:
Father of Sandy Hook shooting victim found dead — NEWTOWN, CT (WFSB) - The body of a man whose child was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was found in Newtown. — According to police, 49-year-old Jeremy Richman died of an apparent suicide at Edmond Town Hall, which is a theater and banquet venue on Main Street.
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Tom Udall / Medium:
A message to New Mexico from Tom: — When I first ran for Senate, I promised that I would give my all for the people of New Mexico. And I reminded myself that this Senate seat is not my seat. It is New Mexico's seat. — I was proud to serve as New Mexico's Attorney General …
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Reuters:
Possible pardons for Trump associates not discussed: White House — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There have been no conversations about President Donald Trump issuing pardons for any of his associates who have been charged or pled guilty as part of the U.S. Special Counsel's Russia probe, White House representatives said on Monday.
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Is Done. Now Probe the Real Scandal — Americans deserve a full accounting of the missteps of Comey and the FBI.
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Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill:
Buttigieg surges to third place in new Iowa poll — South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) surged into third place in a poll of the Iowa caucus released Sunday. — Eleven percent of likely Democratic Iowa caucusgoers surveyed by Emerson Polling said they would pick Buttigieg to be their 2020 presidential nominee.
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Christopher Buskirk / Spectator USA:
Devin Nunes: hero of the republic — Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller concluded his investigation by exonerating President Trump of collusion with Russian forces during the 2016 election. Investigating that supposed collusion is the reason he was appointed and his final report declared …
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