The Russia Investigation
The latest news, analysis, and reporting on Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged collusion between Russia and Donald Trump’s campaign
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Don McGahn’s Testimony Would Be the Main Event
Forget Barr and Mueller. The former White House counsel would be a more interesting witness—and create something more closely resembling an impeachment hearing.
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Clodagh Kilcoyne / Reuters What Congress Can Do When Trump Appointees Defy It
When federal officials ignore subpoenas, imposing a fine is the legislative branch’s best hope of getting the information it needs.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters A Republican Congressman’s Case for Impeaching Trump
Representative Justin Amash is the first member of the House GOP to call for the constitutional remedy for high crimes and misdemeanors.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Rarely Used Congressional Power That Could Force William Barr’s Hand
It hasn’t been done in nearly a century, but House Democrats could arrest the attorney general after they find him in contempt.
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Patrick Semansky / AP Don’t Sleep on Roger Stone
The infamous Trump whisperer is in the early stages of a court case that’s poised to answer lingering questions from the Mueller report.
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Barry Thumma / AP The Complicated Friendship of Robert Mueller and William Barr
The special counsel and the attorney general go back a long way, but their bond could be tested by dueling appearances before Congress.
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Aaron P. Bernstein / Reuters What Republicans Really Want From Investigating the Russia Investigators
Calls for an inquiry into the Mueller probe’s origins could help Trump keep his base engaged.
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Anton Vaganov / Reuters America Is Fine With Collusion
The president’s lawyer says there’s nothing wrong with accepting help from a foreign government, and the political system seems to agree with him.
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Alexander Drago / Reuters Impeachment Is Not the Answer. At Least Not Yet.
In the wake of the Mueller report, Democrats should probe—not launch a formal inquiry.
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Reuters Luckily for the Trumps, Some Laws Are Hard to Break
There’s a reason Mueller shied away from prosecuting Jared Kushner and Donald Trump Jr.
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Andrew Harnik / AP What If Everything Mueller Told Us Had Been New?
Trump’s critics expected much more from the special counsel’s report. But it would be foolish to shrug off what was already known.
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Amr Alfiky / Reuters Be Grateful for the Mueller Report
The president of the United States is not a traitor. That’s a good thing.
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Eric Thayer / Reuters Mueller Helped Trump Keep His Most Important Secrets
The central question about the Trump-Russia matter remains unanswered.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Mueller Report Could Alienate the Voters Republicans Need
The special counsel’s findings validate the concerns of anyone who feared how Donald Trump would wield presidential power.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty Trump’s Guardrails Are Gone
The president’s more pliant senior advisers might end up indulging his ultimately self-sabotaging behavior.
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Leah Millis / Reuters No One Listens to the President
Trump keeps issuing orders, and staffers keep ignoring them because they’re illegal or unwise. It’s an unsustainable situation—but it shows no sign of abating.
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Alex Brandon / AP What the Mueller Report Reveals About the Presidency
Almost 50 years after Watergate, it’s still exceedingly difficult to hold a president accountable.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP / Katie Martin … By Protecting the Presidency, Mueller Has Hurt the Country
The special counsel should have offered an opinion on whether Trump criminally obstructed justice.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Democrats’ Plan to Summon Robert Mueller
The special counsel isn’t likely to reveal information that his report has kept confidential. But lawmakers could try to press him on any disagreements with the attorney general.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Mueller’s Damning Portrait of Trump
The special counsel’s report shows a president who lies, acts rashly, and is routinely ignored by his own staff.
