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On Washington: Mueller Findings Kick Off a Political Tug of War That’s Only Just Beginning
Democrats appear to be gearing up, with Representative Jerrold Nadler of
New York describing the report as a road map to holding the president
accountable.
The Democrats have not accepted the Barr precis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_pr%C3%A9cis
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Comparing Barr’s Excerpts With Mueller’s Report
Attorney General William P. Barr sent a letter to Congress last month
citing brief fragments from the Mueller report. Now that the document is
public, his selections are coming under scrutiny.
Lying by ommission requires more mind than is often found in party faithful.
3
On Politics: Complete Coverage of the Mueller Report
NYT > Politics - 5 hours ago
The full report from The Times on the release of the special counsel’s
findings on the Trump campaign and Russia’s election interference.
"In one of the report’s more compelling revelations, investigators
described how Mr. Trump ordered Michael T. Flynn, who would later serve
briefly as his national security adviser, to find thousands of emails missing from Hillary Clinton’s computer server."
Hilary Clinton edited her email while she was allowed to do so.
Those records are no more.
Conspiratorial imaginings do not enlarge past events.
4
Democrats Draw Closer to a Dicey Question: Whether to Impeach Trump
Democrats took the legal analysis in the special counsel’s report as a
clear nod that Congress should make its own judgment on obstruction of
justice.
Pence would be an effective president.
5
James W. McCord Jr., Who Led the Watergate Break-In, Is Dead at 93
He was the first to expose the White House crimes and cover-ups that led to
President Nixon’s downfall. His death, almost two years ago, went
unreported.
James W. McCord Jr. did not die in prison.
6
A Portrait of the White House and Its Culture of Dishonesty
At one juncture after another, the Mueller report describes how Mr. Trump
made his troubles worse, giving into anger and grievance and lashing out in
ways that turned advisers into witnesses against him.
Acting against interest is part of living a lie.
7
Mueller Report Leaves Unanswered Questions About Contacts Between Russians and Trump Aides
Starting during the campaign and through the transition, a parade of
Russians dangled business deals, floated policy options and sought
high-level meetings.
Putin is a competent autarch.
He reads the reports of his inteligence service.
He has no need for Trump to tell him what will buy Trump.
8
Trump Ordered Aides to Search for Clinton Emails, While the Russians Already Were Looking
The incident is among the closest that investigators came to finding an
instance in which Donald J. Trump appeared to use whatever means necessary
to locate the emails.
The emails are gone to random photons.
9
Trump Says He’s Having a ‘Good Day,’ but Avoids Questions
The president refused to budge from his initial assessment that the Mueller
report was a total exoneration of his actions.
Trump is not impeached or indighted today.
10
On Politics With Lisa Lerer: The ‘On Politics’ Mueller Report Cheat Sheet
From the On Politics newsletter: The Times read all 448 pages of the
special counsel’s report, so you don’t have to. Here are the highlights.
The liberal faction desires the destruction of Donald Trump and those who support him.
It will attempt to do what is necessary to accomplish that destruction short of destroying the representative republic and the union.
11
In Divided Washington, Relief and Disappointment at Mueller’s Report
The stoic feelings of progressive Washington were similarly subdued in the
city’s more conservative corners.
Mr. Mueller is not the Congress.
He cannot do the job of Congress.
12
‘This Is the End of My Presidency’: 4 Dramatic Moments From the Mueller Report
The report detailed private conversations and described the president’s
despondent reaction to the appointment of the special counsel.
Mr. Mueller has performed journalism.
Mr. Barr has stayed the execution.
13
Kentucky’s Senator McConnell Supports Bill to Raise Minimum Age to Buy Tobacco to 21
Seeking re-election to a seventh term, the senator cited the rise in
teenage vaping as a reason to curtail sales of tobacco and other products.
Beer is selling well.
Yen pox will be next.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=yen%20pox
14
Friday: Housing Starts
Friday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, *Housing Starts* for March. The consensus is for 1.230
million SAAR, up from 1.162 million SAAR in February.
• At 10:00 AM: *State Employment and Unemployment* (Monthly) for March 2019
Wait for a real number.
15
The Mueller Show: TV Hosts Unpack 448 Pages in Real Time
What was billed as a series finale turned out to be more of a midseason
cliffhanger.
448 dense pages will require days of study.
16
Reaction to Mueller Report, From Right, Left and Center
Writers across the political spectrum responded to the public release of
the report and the news conference by Attorney General William P. Barr.
Trump will be destroyed in cold blood.
17
The Mueller Report Is 448 Pages Long. You Need to Know These 7 Key Things.
The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, produced a report of more than
400 pages that painted a deeply unflattering picture of President Trump but
stopped short of accusing him of criminal wrongdoing.
Impeachment is political rather than forensic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_science
18
Tiger Woods and President Trump Seem Tight. Does It Matter to You?
Most black athletes have distanced themselves from the president. Not Tiger
Woods.
I do not follow golf.
19
Trump’s Nafta Revisions Offer Modest Economic Benefits, Report Finds
A government study challenges the president’s claims that the proposed
North American trade pact makes far-reaching changes to the 1994 agreement.
"Game over!"
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Mueller Rejects View That Presidents Can’t Obstruct Justice
The special counsel’s rationale for demurring on the question of obstruction of justice stood in stark contrast to that of the attorney general, William P. Barr.Indightment while in office is constitutionally prevented.
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