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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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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.


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, Big League Politics and The Guardian


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 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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Robert Mueller Was Telling Nancy Pelosi to Begin Impeachment Proceedings — Special counsel Robert Mueller issued a final statement on Wednesday before resigning from the Department of Justice, which clearly appeared aimed at one person: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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Roger Stone associate agrees to testify before Mueller grand jury — Washington (CNN)An associate of Roger Stone has agreed to testify to special counsel Robert Mueller's grand jury on Friday morning, his attorney and a Mueller prosecutor said in a court hearing before a federal judge.
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Fox News and Law & Crime


Robert Mueller to Make Statement on Russia Investigation — WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, will speak about the Russia investigation at 11 a.m. on Wednesday morning, his first public comments since he took over the inquiry two years ago, the Justice Department announced.


Mueller: ‘If we had confidence the President clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so’
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Full transcript: Robert Mueller's statement on the Russia investigation
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Full Transcript of Mueller's Statement on Russia Investigation
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USA Today, The Moderate Voice, Reason, Washington Monthly, Slate, Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Wire, Associated Press and Spectator USA

Chris Christie: Mueller ‘contradicts’ Barr's summary of his findings
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Political Wire, Breitbart and JONATHAN TURLEY

Shame on Robert Mueller for exceeding his role
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Pete Buttigieg on Mueller statement: ‘As close to an impeachment referral as you could get’
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BuzzFeed News, Townhall, The Atlantic and The Daily Caller

Robert Mueller breaks silence, does not want to testify, says charging Trump ‘not an option’

Robert Mueller should testify before Congress
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Robert Mueller to make public statement about Russia probe on Wednesday
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BuzzFeed News, The Week and Politico

Pelosi on Trump investigation options: ‘Nothing is off the table’
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New Republic, The Federalist, The Daily Caller and Common Dreams

Mueller stirs up Democratic impeachment agitation
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Mad Dog PAC, Washington Post and The Atlantic


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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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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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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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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DNC makes it more difficult to qualify for 3rd debate
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DNC to raise qualifying threshold for third presidential debate
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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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Washington Monthly, Mother Jones, Washington Post, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Instapundit and twitchy.com
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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 …


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.


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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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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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 …


‘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 …


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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The Future of NRATV Is in Doubt After Ad Agency Severs Ties to Gun Group — Ackerman McQueen, which operates the network, formally moved to end its relationship with the NRA on Wednesday—the latest in a nasty legal drama. — NRATV's future is in jeopardy.
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