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George T. Conway III / Washington Post:
George Conway: Trump is a cancer on the presidency. Congress should remove him. — George T. Conway III is a lawyer in New York. — So it turns out that, indeed, President Trump was not exonerated at all, and certainly not “totally” or “completely,” as he claimed.
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New York Times:
A Portrait of the White House and Its Culture of Dishonesty — WASHINGTON — As President Trump met with advisers in the Oval Office in May 2017 to discuss replacements for the F.B.I. director he had just fired, Attorney General Jeff Sessions slipped out of the room to take a call.
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed News:
How We Characterized Michael Cohen's Testimony — This Jan. 18, a day after BuzzFeed News reported that Michael Cohen told prosecutors that the president had directed him to lie to Congress, the special counsel's office issued a vague but forceful rebuttal of our story.
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ABC News:
5 key takeaways from special counsel Robert Mueller's report — The report is a trove of information about the current presidency. — While there will be no legal case brought against President Donald Trump by special counsel Robert Mueller's team, the much-anticipated redacted report …
New York Times:
Mueller Hints at a National-Security Nightmare — The missing piece of the report is a counterintelligence investigation that should set off alarm bells about our democracy and security. — Mr. Geltzer is the executive director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown Law.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The Mueller Report Won't End Trump's Presidency, But It Sure Makes Him Look Bad — In the most memorable scene in the most anticipated government report in recent history, the special counsel, Robert Mueller, takes us inside the Oval Office on May 17, 2017.
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New York Times, CNN and Columbia Journalism Review
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Mueller's Report Speaks Volumes — What's in the special counsel's findings is almost as revealing as what's left out. — By the fall of 2017, it was clear that special counsel Robert Mueller, as a former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was too conflicted to take a detached look …
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David French / National Review:
The Mueller Report Should Shock Our Conscience — I've finished reading the entire Mueller report, and I must confess that even as a longtime, quite open critic of Donald Trump, I was surprised at the sheer scope, scale, and brazenness of the lies, falsehoods, and misdirections detailed by the Special Counsel's Office.
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Sarah Sanders admitted she lied to the White House press. Does she have any credibility left? — New York (CNN Business)"Not founded on anything" is the new “alternative facts.” — The term applies to White House press secretary Sarah Sanders and her misleading statements from the press briefing room podium.
Washington Post:
Mueller report updates: Nadler subpoenas full findings — The president and his supporters sought to turn a page, as Democrats issued a subpoena for the full special counsel's report that detailed what they said was “alarming” behavior. — President Trump sought Friday to discredit damaging portions …
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Political Wire, Politico, RedState, IndieWire and One America News Network
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump suspected that former White House counsel Don McGahn wore a wire — Late in Don McGahn's tenure as White House counsel, President Trump became so suspicious that he wondered aloud whether McGahn was wearing a wire, a source familiar with the president's private conversations told Axios.
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Renato Mariotti / Politico:
The Obstruction Case Against Trump that Barr Tried to Hide — For nearly a month, the American public has been under the impression, thanks to a four-page “summary” by Attorney General William Barr, that Robert Mueller could not decide whether President Donald Trump had obstructed justice because of …
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New York Times:
The Mueller Report Is 448 Pages Long. You Need to Know These 7 Key Things. — The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, produced a report of more than 400 pages that painted a deeply unflattering picture of President Trump but stopped short of accusing him of criminal wrongdoing.
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Roll Call, Washington Post and Outside the Beltway
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The best defense of Trump is still a damning indictment — The Mueller report's defense of Trump: exculpatory incompetence, misplaced rage. — The most generous reading of Robert Mueller's report, the one pushed by President Donald Trump's own defenders, is, in fact, profoundly damning.
Will Bunch / Philly.com:
Trump thought Mueller would be ‘the end of my presidency.’ It should be
Trump thought Mueller would be ‘the end of my presidency.’ It should be
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Andrew C. McCarthy / New York Post:
Mueller completely dropped the ball with obstruction punt
Mueller completely dropped the ball with obstruction punt
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Comparing Barr's Excerpts With Mueller's Report
Comparing Barr's Excerpts With Mueller's Report
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Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
The Mueller Report Is Much Worse for Trump Than Barr Let On
The Mueller Report Is Much Worse for Trump Than Barr Let On
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Nadler subpoenas DOJ for full version of the Mueller report
Nadler subpoenas DOJ for full version of the Mueller report
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Joe.My.God., Daily Kos and Washington Post
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Mueller report shows Russians, Trump camp were friends with benefits. Collusion by another name?
Mueller report shows Russians, Trump camp were friends with benefits. Collusion by another name?
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Political Wire, Washington Press and Scared Monkeys
Lawfare:
What Mueller Found on Russia and on Obstruction: A First Analysis
What Mueller Found on Russia and on Obstruction: A First Analysis
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Washington Post, ABC News and Vox
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Robert Mueller Did Not Merely Reject the Trump-Russia Conspiracy Theories. He Obliterated Them.
Robert Mueller Did Not Merely Reject the Trump-Russia Conspiracy Theories. He Obliterated Them.
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Fox News, The Federalist, McClatchy Washington Bureau, Scared Monkeys, Washington Examiner, Vox, New Republic and The Smoking Gun
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
A Lucid Portrait of an Untrustworthy Presidency
A Lucid Portrait of an Untrustworthy Presidency
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USA Today, Mother Jones and New York Times
Washington Post:
Paranoia, lies and fear: Trump's presidency laid bare by Mueller report
Paranoia, lies and fear: Trump's presidency laid bare by Mueller report
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The Moderate Voice, The Stranger, The Week and Washington Free Beacon
David Brooks / New York Times:
It's Not the Collusion, It's the Corruption
CNN:
The Mueller report is shocking
The Mueller report is shocking
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Politico, Slate, Washington Monthly, New York Times and New York Post
Washington Post:
Barr under fire for news conference that was a boon for Trump, and often featured one of his preferred terms
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Mueller report suggests the ‘fake news’ came from Trump, not the news media
Mueller report suggests the ‘fake news’ came from Trump, not the news media
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Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Mueller Exposes Erik Prince's Lies About His Rendezvous with a Top Russian
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Mueller's report paints a damning portrait of Trump's presidency
Mueller's report paints a damning portrait of Trump's presidency
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Dems run from impeachment post-Mueller
Dems run from impeachment post-Mueller
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi, The Guardian, Sputnik International and Vanity Fair
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Barr v. Mueller: Friends pitted against each other
Barr v. Mueller: Friends pitted against each other
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Washington Post
Washington Post:
Mueller laid out ‘thorough and compelling’ case of obstruction, but Barr decided Trump wasn't guilty of a crime
Mueller laid out ‘thorough and compelling’ case of obstruction, but Barr decided Trump wasn't guilty of a crime
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Daily Kos
Yoni Appelbaum / The Atlantic:
The Mueller Report Is an Impeachment Referral
The Mueller Report Is an Impeachment Referral
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Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Analysis: Mueller paints a damning portrait of the president
Analysis: Mueller paints a damning portrait of the president
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Talking Points Memo, WGN-TV, The Week, WPIX 11 New York and Boston Globe
Erica Orden / CNN:
Mueller report highlights Rosenstein's role as witness in the investigation he oversaw
Mueller report highlights Rosenstein's role as witness in the investigation he oversaw
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Congress Should Impeach William Barr
Congress Should Impeach William Barr
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The Intercept, The Guardian, Shareblue Media and New York Times
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
When Trump won, Putin deployed his oligarchs
When Trump won, Putin deployed his oligarchs
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Washington Post, Axios, The Week, Political Wire and Joe.My.God.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Joe Biden Is Running for President — Joe Biden is running. The former vice president will make his candidacy official with a video announcement next Wednesday, according to people familiar with the discussions who have been told about them by top aides. — Seriously, he's actually made a decision.
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Stephanie K. Baer / BuzzFeed News:
A 29-Year-Old Journalist Was Killed In What Northern Ireland Police Are Calling A “Terrorist Incident” — A 29-year-old journalist was killed Thursday night amid riots in Northern Ireland, her colleagues said, in what police are calling a “terrorist incident.”
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BBC:
Woman shot dead in Derry after rioting in the city
Woman shot dead in Derry after rioting in the city
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Esther King / Politico:
Journalist shot dead in ‘terrorist incident’ in Northern Ireland
Journalist shot dead in ‘terrorist incident’ in Northern Ireland
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Christopher Buskirk / New York Times:
Barr Is Right About Everything. Admit You Were Wrong. — After Trump's vindication, the liberal media and its allies in government should face a reckoning. I'm not holding my breath. — Mr. Buskirk is editor and publisher of the journal American Greatness and a contributing opinion writer.
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
In the Mueller Report, Erik Prince Funds a Covert Effort to Obtain Clinton's E-mails from a Foreign State — Erik Prince, the billionaire founder of Blackwater, a former private-security company embroiled in controversy surrounding its use of lethal force against civilians in Iraq …
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Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
Mueller Report: Assange Smeared Seth Rich to Cover for Russians — Julian Assange repeatedly blamed Seth Rich, the murdered DNC staffer, for Russia's leaks. The Mueller report shows that Assange was lying from the start. — Julian Assange not only knew that a murdered Democratic National …
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Mir Sabbir / BBC:
Nusrat Jahan Rafi: Burned to death for reporting sexual harassment — Nusrat Jahan Rafi was doused with kerosene and set on fire at her school in Bangladesh. Less than two weeks earlier, she had filed a sexual harassment complaint against her headmaster. — Her courage in speaking …
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Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Videos appear to show armed militia detaining migrants at US-Mexico border — The American Civil Liberties Union is calling the actions a ‘kidnapping’ and a flagrant violation of the law — Armed rightwing militia members detained a large group of migrants at the US-Mexico border …
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Simon Romero / New York Times:
Militia in New Mexico Detains Asylum Seekers at Gunpoint
Militia in New Mexico Detains Asylum Seekers at Gunpoint
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