The Russia Investigation
The latest news, analysis, and reporting on Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged collusion between Russia and Donald Trump’s campaign
The latest news, analysis, and reporting on Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged collusion between Russia and Donald Trump’s campaign
The special counsel has concluded he can neither charge nor clear the president. Only Congress can now resolve the allegations against him.
The president has denied wrongdoing, played the victim, and refrained from criticizing Russia’s role in the election.
A breakdown of the massive, 448-page document
The details the special counsel apparently found most important for the public to know
The attorney general’s presentation will likely please the president, but does little for the credibility of the Department of Justice.
Ebook promos and paperbacks of the special counsel’s report encapsulate the investigation’s theme: The government is for sale.
Before allowing the public and Congress to see it for themselves, the attorney general has called a Thursday-morning press conference.
Trump aides are serenely confident that the special counsel’s fine print won’t hurt the boss.
For his role in clearing the president of obstruction-of-justice charges, the deputy attorney general has gone from public enemy to potential savior.
And the public could be left with a shell of Mueller's original findings.
Republican lawmakers and strategists fear that the president would be fixating on the wrong message at the wrong time.
A relentless focus on Russia allowed many other controversies to escape the glare of legislative oversight.
Newsmakers, pundits, and hustlers banked their future on the investigation taking down the president. The jig is up.
The president’s team is already spinning the special counsel’s conclusions as a plus for 2020.
Why?
With the Russia investigation complete, the special counsel’s fans and foes will have to grapple with a new world.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has wrapped up, but Trump and his associates may not be out of legal jeopardy yet.
William Barr told Congress he “may be in a position to advise [lawmakers] of the Special Counsel’s principal conclusions as soon as this weekend.”
The attorney general says he may be able to advise Congress of the special counsel’s principal conclusions as early as this weekend.
The disgraced operative still needs to answer for his ties to a suspected Russian spy.