Analysis: We asked on Thursday what questions you had about the Mueller report. Here are some answers.
Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III walks past the White House after attending services at St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington on March 24. By Aaron Blake Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix Email Bio Follow April 19 at 8:07 AM After nearly two years of work and weeks of waiting, special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report has been released.
There is always a chance things would get to a point that would push them over the edge — whether because of some new smoking gun or because the Democratic base simply demanded it — but I don’t see that coming from this report. Remember: Several people very close to Trump’s presidency have been found guilty or indicted: Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen, etc. Trump has also been implicated in a campaign finance violation by the Southern District of New York. That might not have come to light were it not for the Mueller probe.A: To my mind, there are a couple of ways in which Trump has helped mitigate the damage from this report.
A: This is a point of significant contention. Daniel Coats said Trump never asked him, but others remembered it differently. A: The report defines “coordination” thusly: “An agreement — tacit or express — between the Trump Campaign and the Russian government on election interference.” First, it’s not clear whether there was any quid pro quo agreement here. And second, while the Mueller team said Kilimnik had ongoing ties to Russian intelligence, he is not the “Russian government.”
“In late July 2016, soon after WikiLeaks’ first release of stolen documents, a foreign government contacted the FBI about a May 2016 encounter with Trump Campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, Papadopoulos had suggested to a representative of that foreign government that the Trump Campaign had received indications from the Russian government that it could assist the Campaign through the anonymous release of information damaging to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
A: Great question. The report does make a point of emphasizing Congress’s role in this. And that was always where this was headed, given existing Justice Department guidelines that a sitting president can’t be indicted. That means — even if Mueller said, “Trump obstructed justice” — it would be up to Congress to decide whether it warranted punishment, which would be via the impeachment process.
A: This was a curious inclusion in Barr’s news conference Thursday morning. The White House did cooperate extensively by providing documents and making aides available for interviews. But Trump’s decision not to interview is a significant hole. I would argue that “full cooperation” would have included Trump granting an interview, rather than giving written answers.
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