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Welcome to our live analysis! 👋 — As former special counsel Robert Mueller testifies before Congress, watch our livestream, and follow POLITICO reporters Darren Samuelsohn, Josh Gerstein, Natasha Bertrand, Blake Hounshell and Eliana Johnson's latest analysis.
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Live Analysis of Mueller's Congressional Hearing — Mueller's Congressional Hearing — Former Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III is testifying before Congress after two years of near-total silence. Our reporters are providing instant context and analysis.
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LIVE UPDATES: Trump not exonerated, Mueller testifies, could be charged after leaving office — Former special counsel Robert Mueller is on Capitol Hill for historic testimony before lawmakers in back-to-back House hearings on his probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election …
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POLITICO Playbook: How to think about today's Mueller extravaganza — DRIVING THE DAY — THERE'S NO WAY to adequately encapsulate the gravity of today's pair of hearings with ROBERT MUELLER. They're absolutely huge politically, substantively and optically.
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Live: Mueller warns that Russia remains a threat to 2020 election, says ‘many more countries’ developing such capabilities — This live story is being reported by Matt Zapotosky, Karoun Demirjian, Rachael Bade, Rosalind S. Helderman, Tom Hamburger, Shane Harris, Devlin Barrett, John Wagner, Felicia Sonmez and Rachel Weiner.
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Confused performance by Mueller raises questions about handling of investigation — It took just minutes for Robert Mueller's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee to turn into a painful exercise when it became clear the 74 year-old special counsel had difficulty handling …
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10 key takeaways from Robert Mueller's testimony — (CNN)The big day is underway. After months of legal wrangling — and more than 100 days after the release of his report detailing Russia's attempts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election — former special counsel Robert Mueller …
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Mueller defends his investigation: ‘Not a witch hunt’ — Former special counsel Robert Mueller offered halting defenses of his 22-month investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, rejecting claims that his investigators were biased against President Donald Trump …
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How many times has Robert Mueller deflected, declined or deferred a question? Live tracker — Follow along as the former special counsel delivers his testimony in front of House committees. — All eyes and ears are on former special counsel Robert Mueller today.
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Robert Mueller, Caught in the TV Spotlight — By lunchtime on Wednesday, NBC News had a tracker going on its website: “How many times has Robert Mueller deflected, declined or deferred a question?” (The count had ticked past 100 before noon.) — On CNN, the legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin called …


How Bill Barr Ran Circles Around Bob Mueller — The special counsel is likely to wind up as just another person with good intentions who got body-slammed by a savvier political operative wearing a sheriff's badge. — Robert Mueller, an unusually honorable and admirable law-enforcement official …
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‘Euphoria’: White House, GOP exult after a flat Mueller performance — The tense opening moments of former special counsel Robert Mueller's much-anticipated testimony on Capitol Hill gave way to an early sense of relief at the White House, where aides were quietly celebrating what they viewed …


Robert Mueller's Testimony Has Been A Complete Disaster For Democrats — If Democrats believed Robert Mueller would provide them with additional ammunition to impeach Trump, they made an extraordinary miscalculation. — If Democrats believed that Robert Mueller would provide …


Republicans Take Their Shot at Mueller—And Narrowly Miss — The House Republicans just couldn't resist a rant. — They had been hammering Robert Mueller from afar for the better part of two years, accusing the former special counsel of politically motivated bias, of “a witch hunt,” …


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Robert Mueller said he was ‘not familiar’ with Fusion GPS. How is that possible?
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Mueller to Congress: Trump Could Be Charged With a Crime After He Leaves Office
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POLITICO Playbook PM: Mueller gives impeachment crowd little to work with
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Mueller Reminds the Public: Trump Betrayed the United States
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Here's a little secret about Donald Trump's plans today
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Mueller's team indicates to Democrats he will not read report's text if asked

Mueller says he is ‘not familiar’ with Fusion GPS, the firm behind the Steele dossier
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Mueller testifies before Congress on special counsel report — live updates
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Live Blog / Mueller testimony: Live updates from the congressional hearing
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Robert Mueller soon may be exposed as the ‘magician of omission’ on Russia
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The administration's last-minute attempt to bully Mueller is offensive
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Mueller scrambles hearing by tapping top deputy as counsel
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Justice Ginsburg: ‘I Am Very Much Alive’ — Toggle more options — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said in an interview Tuesday that she does not favor proposals put forth by some Democratic presidential candidates who have advocated changing the number of Supreme Court justices if the Democrats win the presidency.


Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Man: A Profile of Boris Johnson — I first set eyes on Boris Johnson in the autumn of 1983 when we went up to Oxford at the same time. I knew who he was since my uncle Christopher was an ex-boyfriend of his mother's and he had told me to keep an eye out for him …
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With Boris Johnson in charge, will the U.K. face escalating international crises?
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Theresa May says Brexit ‘can be new beginning’ for UK as she steps down as PM
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Beyond Pelosi — Every time I see Nancy Pelosi patiently spell out the higher political wisdom of refraining from impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump, I think of Alan Greenspan. That's obviously not because the speaker of the House and the famously tight-lipped former Fed chair …