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David Frum / The Atlantic:
What the Mueller Report Actually Said — Robert Mueller has advised Americans to go back and actually read his report if we want to understand what happened in 2016. “We chose those words carefully, and the work speaks for itself,” he said on Wednesday morning, speaking publicly for the first time since his appointment.
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Washington Post:
As he exits, Mueller suggests only Congress can ‘formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing’ — Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III reiterated Wednesday that his office could not clear President Trump of obstructing justice, asserting in his first public remarks about his investigation …
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Mueller Just Proved His Entire Operation Was A Political Hit Job That Trampled The Rule Of Law — At a hastily-arranged Wednesday press conference, Special Counsel Robert Mueller proved that he was never interested in justice or the rule of law. — If there were any doubts …
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Vox, U.S. Department of Justice, The Guardian and Big League Politics
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Mueller: Trump Is Not Not a Criminal — Famously taciturn prosecutor Robert Mueller decided to address the public to make it very clear that he did not exonerate President Trump of committing obstruction of justice. “If we had confidence that the president did not commit a crime we would have said so,” he said.
Pelosi Press / Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Special Counsel Mueller's Press Statement Reiterating the President's Obstruction — San Francisco - Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after Special Counsel Mueller made a press statement reiterating the extent of Russian efforts to disrupt our elections …
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Alan Dershowitz / The Hill:
Shame on Robert Mueller for exceeding his role — The statement by special counsel Robert Mueller in a Wednesday press conference that “if we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime we would have said that” is worse than the statement made by then FBI Director James …
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Roger Stone associate agrees to testify before Mueller grand jury
Roger Stone associate agrees to testify before Mueller grand jury
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Fox News and Law & Crime
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Robert Mueller Was Telling Nancy Pelosi to Begin Impeachment Proceedings
Robert Mueller Was Telling Nancy Pelosi to Begin Impeachment Proceedings
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New York Times, Politico, Washington Post, Common Dreams, Vox and The Daily Beast
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Mueller's Message: The Obstruction that Nearly Halted Criminal Case Against Russians
Kurt Bardella / NBC News:
Robert Mueller's statement made the Democrats look like cowards
Robert Mueller's statement made the Democrats look like cowards
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Andy Borowitz / New Yorker:
Mueller Stirs Controversy by Urging Americans to Read
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Full transcript: Robert Mueller's statement on the Russia investigation
Full transcript: Robert Mueller's statement on the Russia investigation
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Fox News, Washington Post, Breitbart, Washington Press, Axios, POLITICUSUSA and The Week
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Chris Christie: Mueller ‘contradicts’ Barr's summary of his findings
Chris Christie: Mueller ‘contradicts’ Barr's summary of his findings
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Robert Mueller breaks silence, does not want to testify, says charging Trump ‘not an option’
Robert Mueller breaks silence, does not want to testify, says charging Trump ‘not an option’
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CNN:
Mueller: ‘If we had confidence the President clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so’
Mueller: ‘If we had confidence the President clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so’
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Rolling Stone, KTLA, Media Matters for America, KFOR-TV, The Colorado Sun, Sara A. Carter, IJR and The Root
Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times:
Mueller says his investigation did not exonerate Trump
New York Times:
Full Transcript of Mueller's Statement on Russia Investigation
Full Transcript of Mueller's Statement on Russia Investigation
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USA Today, The Moderate Voice, Reason, Slate, Washington Post, Washington Monthly, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Wire, Associated Press and Spectator USA
Andrew Clark / Indianapolis Star:
Pete Buttigieg on Mueller statement: ‘As close to an impeachment referral as you could get’
Pete Buttigieg on Mueller statement: ‘As close to an impeachment referral as you could get’
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Conservative Review, Vanity Fair, Washington Post and The Daily Caller
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Pelosi on Trump investigation options: ‘Nothing is off the table’
Pelosi on Trump investigation options: ‘Nothing is off the table’
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ABC News, New Republic, Townhall, BuzzFeed News and Common Dreams
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Worry About Facebook. Rip Your Hair Out in Screaming Terror About Fox News. — Novel forms of digital misinformation still pale in comparison with Fox News' full-time hall of mirrors. — At the risk of losing street cred as a tough-as-nails tech pundit, I'll confess that I couldn't muster …
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Pelosi says altered videos show Facebook leaders were ‘willing enablers’ of Russian election interference — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that Facebook's refusal to take down an altered video of her shows that the company's leaders were active contributors to online disinformation and …
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Politico, Vanity Fair, Daily Wire, ThinkProgress and The Verge
Marisa Lagos / KQED:
Nancy Pelosi: Doctored Videos Show Facebook ‘Willing Enablers’ of Russians in 2016 — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lashed out at Facebook on Wednesday, saying the social media giant's refusal to take down altered videos of her calls into question their contention that they were unwitting victims of Russian interference in 2016.
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Miami Herald:
Federal prosecutors demand Cindy Yang records from Mar-a-Lago, Trump campaign — Federal prosecutors in Washington D.C. this week sent subpoenas to Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's private club in Palm Beach, and Trump Victory, a political fundraising committee, demanding they turn …
Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Israel Moves to Hold New Election as Netanyahu Fails to Form a Coalition — JERUSALEM — Seven weeks after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared “a night of tremendous victory” in Israel's election, his failure to form a government by midnight Wednesday has turned into a stunning debacle …
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
‘The dam has burst’: Liberals warn Democrats risk backlash by not impeaching Trump — Leading Democrats remain fearful that impeaching President Donald Trump will bolster his re-election campaign. — But if Robert Mueller's brief, unexpected statement did anything Wednesday …
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Chad Pergram / Fox News:
Reporter's Notebook: Pelosi faces treacherous road as more Dems demand impeachment
Reporter's Notebook: Pelosi faces treacherous road as more Dems demand impeachment
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Amanda Mull / The Atlantic:
There Are Two Types of Airport People — It's not hard to spot people about to miss a flight. They're weaving between on-time travelers at a speed somewhere between a power walk and a sprint, or they're elbow-dancing their way to the front of the TSA line to plead their case for immediate screening.
Sohrab Ahmari / Web Exclusives:
Against David French-ism — In March, First Things published a manifesto of sorts signed by several mostly youngish, mostly Roman Catholic writers, who argued that “there is no returning to the pre-Trump conservative consensus that collapsed in 2016,” that “any attempt to revive …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Kellyanne Conway dismisses Hatch Act violation: ‘Let me know when the jail sentence starts’ — White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Wednesday scoffed at a government office's findings that she violated a decades-old law barring officials from weighing in on elections in their government capacity …
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
McConnell Hasn't Reversed Himself — The Washington Post joins a host of media outlets this morning in contending that Mitch McConnell has “reversed” his position on considering Supreme Court appointments in presidential election years. McConnell said last night that he would “fill” any Supreme Court vacancy that arose next year.
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BuzzFeed News:
The New Presidential Debate Rules Immediately Have Some Democrats Frustrated With The DNC — Some campaigns learned of heightened restrictions to qualify for the fall debates only after media reports. “Women and people of color will not make it to the main stage,” one operative said.
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
DNC makes it more difficult to qualify for 3rd debate
DNC makes it more difficult to qualify for 3rd debate
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VICE:
Twitter Has Started Researching Whether White Supremacists Belong on Twitter — “Is it the right approach to deplatform these individuals? Is the right approach to try and engage with these individuals? How should we be thinking about this? What actually works?”
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Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:
‘Is it that bad?’ Fox Business host stunned as Napolitano explains Mueller has evidence Trump committed a crime — Fox legal analyst Andrew Napolitano. (Screenshot) — Fox News senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano said Wednesday that special counsel Robert Mueller had indicated …
Sheena McKenzie / CNN:
Boris Johnson, favorite to be Britain's next PM, to face court for alleged Brexit lies — London (CNN)The leading candidate to succeed Theresa May as British Prime Minister has been ordered to appear in court to face allegations he lied to the public during the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign.
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