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US Mueller Report Debrief
Michael Flynn , Donald Trump , Robert Mueller , Donald McGahn , James Comey , Corey Lewandowski
AP reporter Chad Day gives an initial review of the two-volume report that exceeds 400 pages.
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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Chad Day, Associated Press
"So the headline today is that Mueller has made two big conclusions out of his report. Number one is that he did not establish that there was a criminal conspiracy between the Russian government and the Trump campaign to interfere in the 2016 election. The other is that he did not exonerate the president on the question of whether he obstructed justice, or tried to influence the Russia probe and crossed over into criminal conduct. Now, it's a 448 page report and portions of it are redacted. We're still kind of gathering the information right now to determine how much has been withheld. We know that the attorney general said that he withheld information about ongoing investigations, grand jury material, information that could be derogatory about uncharged people, and other information that he saw fit to withhold."
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SOUNDBITE (English) Chad Day, Associated Press
"So in particular on the question of obstruction, Mueller examined 10 different episodes in which he was looking at the president's conduct to determine whether or not it crossed over into criminal conduct. Now again, he did not determine, didn't answer the question of whether it was criminal obstruction. But some of those episodes show that Trump made several attempts to seize control of the investigation try to have Special Counsel Robert Mueller removed from the probe, or that his attorneys were trying to gather information about what people who were cooperating with the investigation were telling prosecutors."
"The report also details what happened in the months right after Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed in May of 2017. In particular, it shows that the president ordered his then White House counsel Don McGahn to try to have a special counsel Robert Mueller removed. Now McGahn rebuffed this effort but it shows how the president and the report quotes him saw the probe as possible into his presidency, and something that would threaten his power. And at that point was trying to take efforts to take control of the investigation by having Mueller removed."
"I think the level of detail in the report is one of the most important take-aways from it. The first volume that deals with Russian election interference and the actions of the Trump campaign is a couple of hundred pages long and goes into exhaustive detail about the information that they've gathered interviewing 500 witnesses, issuing more than 2,800 subpoenas, and putting together probably the most complete picture of what happened during the 2016 election involving the Trump campaign and Russia. The other thing is how much the special counsel grappled with whether or not the president had crossed over the legal line into criminal obstruction. As you see in the second volume of the report. He details these 10 episodes, and also then discusses you know what the law is and how it applies to a president ultimately deciding that they could not answer the question because there are difficult legal issues at play, and leaving that kind of open. As we know after the report was turned in weeks ago, the attorney general then stepped in and decided that the president had not obstructed justice. And today you saw him reflect that in his news conference announcing the report."
"Immediately after the report was announced by the attorney general this morning, Trump and his legal team claimed victory, with Trump kind of touting his usual refrain of 'no collusion.' That there was 'no obstruction' and saying it was a 'total exoneration.' Now, as we know, the report did not exonerate him on the question of obstruction of justice. But his legal team did issue a statement saying that they see this as a victory, and that what it appears is now going to be the president's strategy is to go and try to turn the tables and attack the investigators who carried out the Russia investigation.
"Also what we will have after this report drops is that Barr will go to to the Hill to testify. Democrats are also calling for him to release the full report and say that they may go to court for that. Barr is scheduled to testify in early May. We also have seen Democrats say that they want to hear from Special Counsel Robert Mueller himself, and Barr said that he wouldn't object to that during his news conference."
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Special Counsel investigation into Russia's interference in 2016 U.S. Elections , Criminal investigations , Crime , General news , Criminal investigations , Law and order , Campaigns , Elections , Government and politics , Obstruction of justice , Political corruption , Political issues , Subpoenas
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US Mueller Report Debrief (Lon NR)
Michael Flynn , Donald Trump , James Comey , Robert Mueller , Corey Lewandowski , Donald McGahn
Special Counsel investigation into Russia's interference in 2016 U.S. Elections , Campaigns , Elections , Government and politics , Criminal investigations , Crime , General news , Criminal investigations , Law and order , Obstruction of justice , Political corruption , Political issues , Subpoenas
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US Mueller Politics Analysis
AP analysis at the end of Mueller process
Donald Trump , Adam Schiff , Jerrold Nadler , Robert Mueller , Jair Bolsonaro , Eric Swalwell , Nancy Pelosi , Michael Cohen
ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP Clients Only
Legislature , Government and politics , Political corruption , Political issues , Think tanks , Political organizations , Impeachments , Criminal investigations , Crime , General news , Criminal investigations , Law and order , Special Counsel investigation into Russia's interference in 2016 U.S. Elections
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AP Debrief: AG Barr reviews Mueller report
William Barr , Robert Mueller , Donald Trump , Nancy Pelosi
Attorney General William Barr was reviewing the special counsel's confidential report on the Russia investigation Saturday to determine what should be made public after a nearly two-year probe that cast a dark shadow over Donald Trump's presidency.
Associated Press reporter Eric Tucker says that Barr will provide lawmakers and the public with a summary of principal findings as soon as this weekend.
The Attorney General Barr will not be providing Congress with special counsel Robert Mueller's findings on Saturday.
That's according to a senior Justice Department official. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the person wasn't authorized to publicly discuss the review process.
Mueller has concluded his investigation of Russian election interference and possible coordination with Donald Trump's campaign.
Barr is reviewing Mueller's confidential report and has said he expects to provide Congress with the "principal conclusions" this weekend.
1. STILL -Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs the Capitol after a closed-door meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about Russian meddling in the election and possible connection to the Trump campaign
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Tucker, Associated Press:
"Mueller's mandate was to investigate links between the Trump campaign and Russia and whether there was any coordination between those two entities. Trump associates and members of the Russian government or Russians in general and then to investigate any crimes that arise out of that in the course of that investigation."
McLean, Virginia - 23 March 2019
3. US Attorney General William Barr comes out of his house and gets in a vehicle out front
"So Barr has told congressional leaders that he has received the report from the special counsel that he will review it and that he will provide lawmakers and the public with a summary of principal findings as soon as this weekend. He is currently at the Justice Department reviewing the report he received from Mueller."
5. Barr's motorcade arrives at DOJ
"At some point. House Democrats who have the leadership in that chamber will decide what to do if anything with the findings. We've heard indications from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that she's not interested at the moment in discussing impeachment. And we will have to see how damaging or incriminating if at all the findings are to the president and whether that will affect that calculus."
7. Various House Judiciary Committee offices
"Right now the big push that we're hearing from House Democrats is that they want the entire Mueller Report. They want to see everything that Mueller gathered and collected before they decide anything. And so instead of impeachment talk what we're hearing right now is discussion of possibly subpoenaing for the report or subpoenaing Mueller to get that."
9. White House exterior
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Tucker, Associated Press:
"There is no question that White House aides and Trump confidants are taking a degree of satisfaction at least at this moment that there are no further indictments that have been delivered or that are expected from the special counsel. And so to the extent that, that that has occurred that's a degree of relief for them. But I think everybody still waiting to see exactly what the report indicates about the Trump campaign and in the Trump administration. And so it's a little bit of a holding pattern. But the president who has spent the last basically two years attempting to undermine or sow doubt in the credibility an investigation has been noticeably quiet over the last 24 hours with no tweets about it and no public statements about it."
11. STILL - Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, the special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 election, arrives on Capitol Hill for a closed door meeting before the Senate Judiciary Committee
"The special counsel has indicated that he has not recommended any additional charges or indictments. And so that would mean that he is effectively closed up shop and that no one else will be indicted by Robert Mueller. However, it's important to note that there are all sorts of other investigations going on that originated as referrals from the special counsel that he began investigating and recognized fell without outside of his mandate. And so he referred those back to the Justice Department which then sent them to individual offices of the Justice Department including in New York City and in Virginia."
13. Various DOJ exteriors
Special Counsel investigation into Russia's interference in 2016 U.S. Elections , Judicial elections , Judiciary , Government and politics , Judicial elections , Elections , Criminal investigations , Crime , General news , Criminal investigations , Law and order , Impeachments , Political issues , Legislature
United States Congress, United States government, United States Senate, U.S. Department of Justice
McLean Gardens , Washington, D.C. , United States
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US Mueller Report Debrief 2
William Barr , Nancy Pelosi , Donald Trump , Robert Mueller
Government and politics , Impeachments , Political issues , Judiciary , Criminal investigations , Crime , General news , Criminal investigations , Law and order , Special Counsel investigation into Russia's interference in 2016 U.S. Elections , Judicial elections , Judicial elections , Elections , Legislature
United States Senate, United States Congress, United States government, U.S. Department of Justice
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US Mueller Statement 2 (Lon NR)
Speaking at the Justice Department Wednesday, Mueller said he was bound by long-standing Justice Department opinions that say a president can't be indicted while in office as well as "principles of fairness."
Criminal investigations , Crime , General news , Criminal investigations , Law and order , Legal proceedings , Special Counsel investigation into Russia's interference in 2016 U.S. Elections , Political corruption , Political issues , Government and politics , Presidential elections , National elections , Elections
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US Russia Probe Plea (Lon NR)
Ex-Trump Aide Pleads Guilty in Russia Probe
Rick Gates , Robert Mueller , Paul Manafort , Donald Trump
A former top adviser to President Donald Trump's election campaign pleads guilty to federal conspiracy and false statements charges Friday in the special counsel's Russia investigation.
The plea by Rick Gates is a strong indication that he is planning to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation as it continues to probe the Trump campaign, Russian election interference and Gates' longtime business associate, Paul Manafort.
Gates, 45, of Richmond, Virginia, is appearing at the federal courthouse in Washington for his plea agreement hearing.
A court filing shows Gates has agreed to plead to charges accusing him of conspiring against the U.S. government related to fraud and unregistered foreign lobbying as well as lying to federal authorities in a recent interview.
Gates' decision to admit to the crimes comes a day after a federal grand jury in Virginia returned a 32-count indictment against him and Manafort, Trump's former campaign chairman, accusing them of tax evasion and bank fraud.
The indictment in Virginia was the second round of charges against Gates and against Manafort, who has denied any wrongdoing. The two men were initially charged last October with unregistered lobbying and conspiring to launder millions of dollars they earned while working on behalf of a pro-Russian Ukrainian political party.
Gates' decision marks the fifth publicly known guilty plea in the special counsel probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin during the 2016 campaign.
1. Wide shot of Rick Gates walking into US District Court
2. STILL PHOTOS of Gates walking into court
3. Rick Gates and attorney walking out of court and getting into vehicle
Special Counsel investigation into Russia's interference in 2016 U.S. Elections , Criminal investigations , Crime , General news , Criminal investigations , Law and order , Lobbying , Political issues , Government and politics
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US Russia Probe Plea (CR)
Robert Mueller , Paul Manafort , Donald Trump , Rick Gates
Lobbying , Political issues , Government and politics , Special Counsel investigation into Russia's interference in 2016 U.S. Elections , Crime , General news , Criminal investigations , Criminal investigations , Law and order
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US Russia Probe Plea
Rick Gates , Paul Manafort , Donald Trump , Robert Mueller
A former top adviser to President Donald Trump's election campaign pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy and false statements charges Friday in the special counsel's Russia investigation.
Gates, 45, of Richmond, Virginia, appeared at the federal courthouse in Washington for his plea agreement hearing.
Criminal investigations , Crime , General news , Criminal investigations , Law and order , Special Counsel investigation into Russia's interference in 2016 U.S. Elections , Lobbying , Political issues , Government and politics