Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Politics | On Politics: Complete Coverage of the Mueller Report Advertisement Supported by April 19, 2019 Good Friday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. _____________________ • The much anticipated report by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, revealed the scope of the Russian campaign to sabotage the 2016 election and detailed a frantic, monthslong effort by President Trump to thwart a federal investigation that imperiled his presidency. The Mueller team decided not to charge the president with obstructing justice, citing numerous legal constraints, but pointedly declined to exonerate him. • Looking for the report’s highlights? Here are seven key things to know, and here are excerpts from the most significant passages, with analysis from … [Read more...] about On Politics: Complete Coverage of the Mueller Report
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See Which Sections of the Mueller Report Were Redacted
Politics By K.K. REBECCA LAI, DEREK WATKINS and KAREN YOURISH APRIL 19, 2019 About 10 percent of the special counsel’s 448-page report is blacked out. A bird’s-eye view of the report reveals the pattern of redactions. More is kept secret in the first volume of the report, which covers Russian interference in the 2016 election, than in the second, which covers possible obstruction of justice. The report by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, was released to the public on Thursday. Its redactions, made by the Justice Department, fall into four categories. They are labeled in the document using color-coded text, with categories indicating the reason for the redactions. A majority of the redactions, about 69 percent in total, were made because the material related to ongoing investigations. Each line represents a page of the report that included redactions. Darker lines represent more redactions on a page. 18 percent of the redactions were based … [Read more...] about See Which Sections of the Mueller Report Were Redacted
Democrats Draw Closer to a Dicey Question: Whether to Impeach Trump
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Politics | Democrats Draw Closer to a Dicey Question: Whether to Impeach Trump Advertisement Supported by ByNicholas Fandos April 18, 2019 WASHINGTON — House Democrats, facing some of the most striking evidence yet from Robert S. Mueller III that President Trump attempted to thwart his investigation, edged closer on Thursday to confronting a question they have long tried to avoid: whether the president’s behavior warrants impeachment. Although the more than 400-page report made public on Thursday found “insufficient evidence” to conclude that Mr. Trump conspired in Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and cited legal and factual constraints preventing Mr. Mueller from charging Mr. Trump with obstruction of justice, the special counsel presented months of damning … [Read more...] about Democrats Draw Closer to a Dicey Question: Whether to Impeach Trump
A Portrait of the White House and Its Culture of Chaos
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Log In Subscribe Log In Today’s Paper Politics | A Portrait of the White House and Its Culture of Chaos Advertisement Supported by ByPeter Baker and Maggie Haberman April 18, 2019 WASHINGTON — As President Trump met with advisers in the Oval Office in May 2017 to discuss replacements for the F.B.I. director he had just fired, Attorney General Jeff Sessions slipped out of the room to take a call. When he came back, he gave Mr. Trump bad news: Robert S. Mueller III had just been appointed as a special counsel to take over the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election and any actions by the president to impede it. Mr. Trump slumped in his chair. “Oh, my God,” he said. “This is terrible. This is the end of my presidency. I’m fucked.” It has not been the end of his presidency, … [Read more...] about A Portrait of the White House and Its Culture of Chaos
Mueller Report Leaves Unanswered Questions About Contacts Between Russians and Trump Aides
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Politics | Mueller Report Leaves Unanswered Questions About Contacts Between Russians and Trump Aides Advertisement Supported by BySharon LaFraniere April 18, 2019 WASHINGTON — In the deep leather chairs of Manhattan’s luxurious Grand Havana Room late on Aug. 2, 2016, Paul Manafort, the Trump campaign chairman, met with an associate who has been linked to Russian intelligence and discussed a plan to give Moscow control over part of eastern Ukraine. “All that is required to start the process is a very minor ‘wink’ (or a slight push)” from Donald J. Trump, the associate, Konstantin V. Kilimnik, later wrote to Mr. Manafort. If Mr. Manafort could succeed in pushing the plan forward and positioning himself to oversee it, he would be welcomed in Moscow “at the very top … [Read more...] about Mueller Report Leaves Unanswered Questions About Contacts Between Russians and Trump Aides