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  1. the national interest
    With Mueller Gone, the Threat of a Lawless President Is Very AliveDonald Trump’s efforts to obstruct justice and defy the law are not as weak as you might believe.
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. mueller report
    Robert Mueller’s First Post-Report TV Comment: ‘No Comment’Mueller wasn’t thrilled to be confronted by a reporter after Easter mass, but he may have to answer similar questions in front of Congress soon.
    By Matt Stieb
  3. the national interest
    Trump Beat the Rap, but Mueller Uncovered a Historic ScandalThe special prosecutor finds few new crimes, lots of misconduct, and a president acting like a mob boss to cover it all up.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. mueller time
    Trump Deserves Impeachment. But Should the Democrats Do It?Yes, Mueller seems to have provided an “impeachment referral.” But it remains risky and perhaps unnecessary this close to the 2020 election.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. mueller time
    Rick Hasen on Why Mueller Should Have Gone After Don Jr.The president’s son was let off the hook for potential campaign-finance violations. This expert says that was a mistake.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  6. mueller time
    On Obstruction of Justice, Mueller Punted to Congress and the 2020 ElectorateMueller strongly suggested that impeachment or electoral defenestration is the only remedy for the misconduct he documents.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. mueller time
    Sarah Sanders Told Mueller She Lied to Media About ComeyShe told investigators that a remark about James Comey’s termination was based on nothing, later calling it a “slip of the tongue.”
    By Lisa Ryan
  8. mueller time
    How 2020 Democrats Are Reacting to the Release of the Mueller ReportThe people vying to take on Trump weigh in on the long-awaited release of the special counsel’s report.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  9. the national interest
    Congress Should Impeach William BarrThe attorney general has proven himself an irredeemable hack at a time when the job demands independence.
    By Jonathan Chait
  10. mueller time
    What Mueller Found Out About the Trump Tower MeetingFilling in some blanks in one of the most talked-about incidents of the 2016 presidential campaign.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  11. mueller time
    11 Areas of Obstruction of Justice Mueller InvestigatedMueller’s findings of fact about Trump’s behavior hardly seem “exonerating” at all.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. mueller time
    Mueller Report: Trump Said ‘I’m F***ed’ When Special Counsel Was AppointedTurns out he was wrong about that.
    By Lisa Ryan
  13. mueller time
    The Mueller EncyclopediaAn index of who’s who and what’s what to help make sense of the Mueller report.
    By Adam K. Raymond, Matt Stieb, and Chas Danner
  14. mueller time
    Trump Told Lewandowski to Do His Dirty Work, Thwart Mueller ProbeBut Trump’s former campaign manager demurred.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  15. mueller time
    Everything We’ve Learned From Robert Mueller’s Investigation (So Far)Even without seeing the full report, we know plenty about wrongdoing by Trump associates and Russia’s 2016 election meddling.
    By Margaret Hartmann and Nick Tabor
  16. mueller time
    Everything We Know About the Release of the Mueller ReportThe report will finally be released on Thursday, April 18.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  17. the national interest
    William Barr Seems to Be Covering Up Something Bad for TrumpMueller’s prosecutors are saying what has become clear: The Mueller report is worse than Barr made it sound.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. the national interest
    Trump No Longer Enthusiastic About Releasing Mueller ReportThey want to release it but it’s under audit, or something.
    By Jonathan Chait
  19. the national interest
    I Wrote an Article Suggesting Trump Was Compromised by Russia. I Was Right.Last year I argued that Russia probably had hidden leverage over Trump. It’s now a proven fact.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. the national interest
    Barr’s Letter Didn’t Exonerate Trump — It Vindicated HimAnother astonishing victory redefines what the presidency is.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. the national circus
    Frank Rich: Why the Mueller Investigation Wasn’t WatergateThe fact remains that Trump is a useful idiot for the Russian cause even if he’s not a Russian agent.
    By Frank Rich
  22. russia investigation
    Trump Won’t Rule Out Pardons Despite Advice From Wary Advisers“I don’t want to talk about pardons now, but I can say it’s so sad on so many levels,” Trump told Hannity Wednesday.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  23. end my life please
    For Conspiracy Theorists, Mueller Time Hasn’t Ended (and Never Will)As Robert Mueller’s investigation draws to a close, what will happen to the theorists and sages of resistance Twitter?
    By Brian Feldman
  24. mueller time
    Trump’s Aides Take a Victory Lap After Mueller Summary DudOn Monday, Trump reportedly said that “people love it when you attack the press.” His aides also appear to be feeling the victory glow.
    By Matt Stieb
  25. polls
    Polls: Mueller Probe’s Conclusions Leave Trump’s Approval Rating UnchangedA plurality of voters said that Mueller’s findings had actually left them with a “less favorable” opinion of Trump than they’d held previously.
    By Eric Levitz
  26. world view
    Hiding the Full Mueller Report Is Another Gift to Vladimir PutinCollusion aside, what Mueller learned about Russian tradecraft should be spread as broadly as possible to counter Putin’s election meddling worldwide.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  27. the national interest
    Here Are All the Unsolved Questions the Mueller Report Can AnswerThe biggest questions in the Russia scandal are not the crimes, but the corruption and cooperation.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. the national interest
    Trump Is Bullying the Media Into Falsely Exonerating Him of Russia CorruptionAfter Barr’s summary, an attack on the reporters who exposed his misconduct.
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. mueller time
    Advisers Worry Trump May ‘Overreach’ on Mueller Victory LapTrump has a way of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  30. mueller time
    The Mueller Report Was Never Going to Take Down Donald TrumpEven if it had recommended new indictments, the report was not going to be a silver bullet for the forces that brought Trump to power.
    By Sarah Jones
  31. mueller time
    Trump’s 2020 Run Will Be the ‘No Collusion’ CampaignTrump allies and the RNC appear to be leveraging the news that the Trump campaign did not coordinate with Russia in 2016 as reelection slogan.
    By Matt Stieb
  32. mueller time
    Legal Experts Interpret the Mueller Report SummaryLaw professors and former prosecutors help provide some clarity to Barr’s summary of the Mueller report, which raises as many questions as it answers.
    By Matt Stieb
  33. vision 2020
    The Mueller Report Looks Like a Dud. Here’s What That Means for Democrats.Trump is still a weak president. Shifting the focus of oversight away from collusion and toward corruption will make him a weaker one.
    By Eric Levitz
  34. mueller time
    Democrats, Republicans, and a Satisfied President Respond to the Mueller ReportFor Democrats, it’s about pushing through disappointment. For Trump, it’s “a shame that your president had to go through this.”
    By Matt Stieb
  35. mueller time
    Justice Department: ‘No Harm, No Foul’ on Trump’s Obstruction of JusticeMueller punted to Barr and Rosenstein, who seem to be arguing that if Trump didn’t collude, he would have been crazy to obstruct.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. the national interest
    If Trump Obstructed Justice, He Can’t Be ExoneratedTrump’s criminal collusion and his obstruction are linked – but in the opposite of the way William Barr says.
    By Jonathan Chait
  37. mueller time
    Read the Mueller Report SummaryThe Justice Department has released a summary of Robert Mueller’s conclusions. It’s not the full report, but it’s all we’ve got for now.
    By Chas Danner
  38. mueller time
    The Last Mueller Report Speculation You’ll Ever Have to ReadAn ongoing collection of the latest speculation about the new report that no one has seen but everyone still has an opinion about.
    By Chas Danner
  39. mueller time
    The Trump Investigations Are Far From OverTrump faces multiple legal and political threats even if the Mueller investigation ends with no immediate consequences for him.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. mueller time
    Mueller Report Wraps Up With No New IndictmentsIf that’s a victory for the president, it was one that many Mueller watchers saw coming.
    By Matt Stieb
  41. mueller time
    When Will We Be Able to Read the Mueller Report?What to expect when you’re expecting a special counsel’s report about Russian interference in the 2016 election.
    By Eric Levitz
  42. mueller time
    The Mueller Report Is In: Intelligencer Staffers DiscussFew details have emerged, but reports indicate that the special counsel is seeking no further indictments.
    By Jonathan Chait, Benjamin Hart, and Ed Kilgore
  43. the national interest
    Republicans: Pelosi Won’t Impeach Because She Knows Trump Is InnocentThat is not actually why Pelosi opposes impeachment.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. impeachment
    Intelligencer Chat: Should Democrats Impeach President Trump?Nancy Pelosi has signaled her hesitance on the matter. Is she making a mistake?
    By Benjamin Hart
  45. politics
    Read New York State’s New 16-Count Indictment of Paul ManafortTrump wouldn’t be able to pardon Manafort for a potential state conviction. “No one is beyond the law in New York,” said Manhattan D.A. Cy Vance.
    By Matt Stieb
  46. the national interest
    Michael Cohen Has Email Showing Trump Obstructed Justice by Dangling PardonEven Trump’s attorney general admitted that would be a crime.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. the national interest
    Trump’s Massive Criminal Exposure Just Shows How Unfairly He’s Being TreatedByron York argues that Trump is right about “presidential harassment.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. mueller investigation
    The Mueller Report May Be Done, But We’ll Always Have the ThreadsCasual conspiracy theorizing has become the new normal.
    By Brian Feldman
  49. mueller time
    Why a Lot of 2020 Democrats Are Nervous About the Mueller ReportThe campaigns have no idea how to write post-Mueller playbooks. It’s slowing some of them down.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  50. paul manafort
    Manafort Gets Light Sentence for Tax and Bank FraudHe’s not out of the woods yet, but Manafort’s sentence fell far short of the federal guidelines and prosecutors’ recommendations.
    By Ed Kilgore
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