Analysis: 5 persistent myths about the Mueller report
By Aaron Blake Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix Email Bio Follow April 27 at 6:00 AM The redacted Mueller report has been out for 10 days, and yet misinformation persists. Whether because of partisanship, the length of the report, unfamiliarity with legal concepts, or straight-up lies, many false claims keep popping up again and again.1. It said ‘no collusion,’ period For many Trump supporters, the report vindicated President Trump’s long-standing “no collusion” mantra.
2. Mueller decided he couldn’t decide on obstruction One of the many ways in which Attorney General William P. Barr seemed to pre-spin the Mueller report in a positive direction for Trump was on obstruction of justice. And if you look more closely, there are five different events on which Mueller seems to have found evidence of the three key criteria required for an obstruction charge.
Trump gave written answers to some of Mueller’s questions, but an in-person interview would undoubtedly have helped Mueller — especially when it comes to determining Trump’s intent on some of the 10 areas he examined for obstruction. But in this case, there were underlying crimes — lots of them. Trump’s own aides pleaded guilty to lying at various junctures. His campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was convicted of a series of crimes, as was his lawyer/fixer Michael Cohen. And Trump has even been implicated in crimes — campaign finance violations — in the Cohen case that was related to the Mueller probe.
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