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  1. 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
  2. the national interest
    Proven Liar Sarah Sanders Asked About Lying, Lies AgainShe’s only sorry she’s not “a robot” who tells the truth.
    By Jonathan Chait
  3. mueller time
    Trump Blames Obama for Russian Interference in 2016 ElectionAnd other, more grounded Republican responses to the release of the Mueller report.
    By Matt Stieb
  4. 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
  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
    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
  7. 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
  8. mueller time
    The Most Redacted Sections of the Mueller ReportWhat we know we don’t know about the blocked-out information in the Mueller report.
    By Matt Stieb
  9. 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
  10. mueller time
    Mueller Report: Trump Said ‘I’m F***ed’ When Special Counsel Was AppointedTurns out he was wrong about that.
    By Lisa Ryan
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    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
  12. mueller time
    Uncap Your Highlighters, B*tches: It’s the Best Part of the Mueller ReportIt’s poetic.
    By Lisa Ryan
  13. mueller time
    Everything We Learned About Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump in the Mueller ReportThe Mueller report’s most important details on the billionaire couple toying around in politics.
    By Matt Stieb
  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
    Read the Full Mueller Report DocumentThe Justice Department released the redacted version of the Mueller Report today.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  16. mueller time
    What We Learned From William Barr’s Mueller Report Press ConferenceOnce again, Barr said the Mueller report found “no collusion” and that President Trump did not obstruct justice.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  17. mueller time
    Everything You Need to Know About the Mueller Report’s ReleaseThe Mueller report will come out after Barr’s presser, Congress will see a less-redacted version, and other late news about the long-awaited release.
    By Matt Stieb
  18. 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
  19. mueller report
    The Counter-Investigations Into the Mueller Report Are About to BeginAG William Barr announced he is “reviewing the conduct” of the Mueller investigation, and is reportedly putting a team together to do so.
    By Matt Stieb
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. the white house
    Trump Aides Fear He Is Overselling His ‘Exoneration’“There will be plenty of unfavorable things in the full report,” said one. “So let’s not go overboard saying there’s no wrongdoing.”
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  23. 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
  24. the national interest
    The President As Adolescent BullyTrump’s bullying nicknames have become mini-events celebrated by his fans.
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. the national interest
    Barr’s Letter Didn’t Exonerate Trump — It Vindicated HimAnother astonishing victory redefines what the presidency is.
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. mueller time
    Report: Michael Flynn Owes Around $5 Million in Legal FeesFlynn, who plead guilty to lying to the FBI, already put his Virginia townhouse on the market for $895,000, almost a fifth of his reported legal fees.
    By Matt Stieb
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. mueller time
    Mueller Report Expected Sunday, But How Much of It?The attorney general is prepping a hand-crafted summary of Mueller’s conclusions, but House Democrats are getting ready to fight for the whole report.
    By Chas Danner
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. russia investigation
    Report: Democrats Want to Find Out What Hope Hicks KnowsThe former White House comms director has reportedly agreed to help House Democrats pursuing potential obstruction of justice charges for Trump.
    By Matt Stieb
  41. trump tweets
    16 Things Trump Attacked Over a Wild Weekend on Twitter, and One He Didn’tIf only he had a family he could spend his weekends with.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  42. the national interest
    Republicans: Pelosi Won’t Impeach Because She Knows Trump Is InnocentThat is not actually why Pelosi opposes impeachment.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. the national interest
    No Collusion? Paul Manafort’s Partner Rick Gates Is Still Helping Robert MuellerRick Gates continues to rat out his old friends, so Manafort and the Trump campaign aren’t in the clear.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. russia investigation
    Lindsey Graham Just Made It Less Likely the Public Will See the Mueller ReportGraham shut down the House motion to give the Mueller report to the public and called for a counter-investigation into Hillary Clinton’s 2016 conduct.
    By Matt Stieb
  45. crimes
    Paul Manafort’s Judge Ripped Him to Shreds Before His SentencingA running commentary of Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s pre-sentencing dressing down of Paul Manafort.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  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. russia investigation
    Erik Prince Suggests He Didn’t Lie, Congress Got ‘Transcript Wrong’Prince offered a weak excuse for failing to mention a relevant Trump Tower meeting during his House Testimony.
    By Matt Stieb
  48. russia investigation
    Paul Manafort: Beneficiary of America’s Sentencing GapThe problem isn’t Manafort’s short sentence, it’s the pampered treatment of defendants like him at the top of the criminal justice system.
    By Matt Stieb
  49. mueller time
    Trump’s Relationship With Russia Is Corrupt. Mueller Is Just Filling in Details.We might learn what laws have been broken, but the basic shape of the story is clear.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. russia investigation
    Giuliani Preps His Defense Against the Mueller Report: ‘Nothing Ever Happened’Among the gems in Trump’s lawyers’ reported 80-page counter of the Mueller report: contacts with Russia aren’t serious as they “never went anywhere.”
    By Matt Stieb
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