The footnotes documenting “insanity” (ODT)
Some of the report’s most derogatory scenes were attributed not only to the recollections of McGahn and other witnesses, but also to the contemporaneous notes kept by several senior administration officials – the kind of paper trail that Trump has long sought to avoid leaving.
Trump seethes after Mueller paints damning portrait with notes from White House aides
Before completing his probe, Mueller helped secure guilty pleas from five people involved in Trump’s presidential campaign – including his campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn, who became his first national security adviser – though none admitted to conspiring with Russian operatives. He also indicted more than two dozen Russian hackers and military intelligence officers.
While Mueller didn’t seek an indictment of Trump or members of his family, they’re not necessarily in the clear.Beyond Russia’s election meddling – which US intelligence agencies found was aimed at hurting Democrat Hillary Clinton and ultimately at helping Trump win – Mueller investigated possible collusion in the operation and whether Trump sought to obstruct justice in what the president has regularly denounced as a “witch hunt”.
via Mueller report found no evidence of Trump collusion with Russia
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