The Mueller Report Did Not Exonerate the President
Bill Barr decided to release his redacted version of the Mueller report on Thursday, as many Americans were busy with holiday preparations. We've had five days to digest the 448-page document and the avalanche of commentary on it, and one thing is certain: there is a difference between "exonerated" and the nuanced reasoning of Robert Mueller. The report documents a stunning number of accounts of the campaign's encounters with Russians and acceptance of Russian help, and even more incidents that would be charged as obstruction of justice - if Mueller had not felt constrained by Justice…
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