The Russa Investigation

The latest news, analysis, and reporting on Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged collusion between Russia and Donald Trump’s campaign

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Trump Tower
Trump Welcomes Foreign Interference in 2020 Campaign
The Atlantic - Peter Nicholas
Somehow President Trump hasn’t yet absorbed that embracing foreign interference in an election can bring about a world of hurt. By this point, no one should be more alert to the danger of accepting campaign
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Robert Mueller
White House and Trump React to Mueller Statement
The Atlantic - Peter Nicholas
The seat of American executive power went quiet for the duration of Robert Mueller’s statement—with officials trying to assess what his remarks would mean for the president. They had hours of advance but
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U.S. Politics
Mueller Comments on the Russia Investigation: Full Text
The Atlantic - Madeleine Carlisle
The special counsel addressed the nation on Wednesday morning after two years of silence. On Wednesday morning, Special Counsel Robert Mueller made his first public comments about the investigation into
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Justin Amash
Justin Amash Calls for Trump's Impeachment
The Atlantic - Conor Friedersdorf
Representative Justin Amash is the first member of the House GOP to call for the constitutional remedy for high crimes and misdemeanors. On Saturday, Representative Justin Amash became the first Republican
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Politics
Fining William Barr Is Congress's Best Option
The Atlantic - Kia Rahnama
When federal officials ignore subpoenas, imposing a fine is the legislative branch’s best hope of getting the information it needs. The fight for control of information from the Russia investigation is
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Don McGahn
White House Blocks McGahn From Testifying to Congress
The Atlantic - David A. Graham
Forget Barr and Mueller. The former White House counsel would be a more interesting witness—and create something more closely resembling an impeachment hearing. There’s no use in pretending that the White
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Impeachment
Can Nancy Pelosi Hold Democrats Back From Impeachment?
The Atlantic - David A. Graham
As White House stonewalling continues, Democrats are starting to speak more openly about the constitutional option, but their leader isn’t budging. Back in 2007, Donald Trump sent the newly sworn-in speaker
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U.S. Politics
Don McGahn Helped Trump Remake the Federal Courts
The Atlantic - Peter Nicholas
The former White House counsel helped stock the federal courts with conservative judges. Now multiple lawsuits involving Trump are headed there. Loyalty is something President Donald Trump demands, but
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U.S. Politics
Democrats Call for an Impeachment Inquiry Into Trump
The Atlantic - Elaine Godfrey
The shift in attitudes suggests that more House members are viewing the party’s current investigative strategy as ineffective. When Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s findings were released last month, Democrats
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Democrats
House Democrats Could Play Powerful Moves Against Trump
The Atlantic - Daniel Hemel
But to use them effectively, they would have to play their cards just right. The fight between President Donald Trump and House Democrats over the House’s investigations of the president has escalated
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Impeachment
Impeaching Trump Is a Refusal to Accept the Unacceptable
The Atlantic - Quinta Jurecic
Taking action against Trump is a rejection of the idea that nothing matters. In 1838, Abraham Lincoln gave a speech on “the perpetuation of our political institutions“—better known today as the Lyceum
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Donald Trump
The Harder Trump Fights Impeachment, the More Likely It Is
The Atlantic - David A. Graham
With each stonewall and demand that Democrats drop investigations, the president is making it more likely that Congress will feel compelled to act. Do you remember the little woven finger traps you sometimes
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Donald Trump
Trump Tells Barr to Declassify Documents
The Atlantic - David Frum
The president directed his attorney general to declassify information—raising the prospect of selective disclosures. President Donald Trump can only escalate. He cannot help it. On Thursday night, he from
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Tom Steyer
Tom Steyer's Impeachment Movement Against Donald Trump
The Atlantic - Edward-Isaac Dovere
A conversation with the billionaire activist who has been narrowly focused on removing Donald Trump from office The billionaire Tom Steyer spent years as a hedge-fund investor, but for the past decade,
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The Rarely Used Congressional Power That Could Force William Barr’s Hand
The Atlantic - Russell Berman
It hasn’t been done in nearly a century, but House Democrats could arrest the attorney general after they find him in contempt. Impeachment is Congress’s most famous, yet rarely exercised, power over presidents
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Don’t Sleep on Roger Stone
The Atlantic - Elaine Godfrey
The infamous Trump whisperer is in the early stages of a court case that’s poised to answer lingering questions from the Mueller report. On the eve of his first major appearance since the release of Special
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The Complicated Friendship of Robert Mueller and William Barr
The Atlantic - Russell Berman
The special counsel and the attorney general go back a long way, but their bond could be tested by dueling appearances before Congress. When Attorney General William Barr released Special Counsel Robert
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What Republicans Really Want From Investigating the Russia Investigators
The Atlantic - Elaina Plott
Calls for an inquiry into the Mueller probe’s origins could help Trump keep his base engaged. The arc of the modern American life is long and bends toward a never-ending relitigation of 2016. Any assumptions
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America Is Fine With Collusion
The Atlantic - David A. Graham
The president’s lawyer says there’s nothing wrong with accepting help from a foreign government, and the political system seems to agree with him. Rudy Giuliani couldn’t have crystallized the stakes more
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Impeachment Is Not the Answer. At Least Not Yet.
The Atlantic - Norm Ornstein
In the wake of the Mueller report, Democrats should probe—not launch a formal inquiry. What next? The substance of the Mueller report is only now beginning to penetrate through the fog of lies and distortions
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What If Everything Mueller Told Us Had Been New?
The Atlantic - David A. Graham
Trump’s critics expected much more from the special counsel’s report. But it would be foolish to shrug off what was already known. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report gave a damning overall portrait
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Luckily for the Trumps, Some Laws Are Hard to Break
The Atlantic - Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
There’s a reason Mueller shied away from prosecuting Jared Kushner and Donald Trump Jr. Campaign-finance law may be one of the few areas of the law where ignorance is bliss. In Special Counsel Robert February
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Be Grateful for the Mueller Report
The Atlantic - Kori Schake
The president of the United States is not a traitor. That’s a good thing. Passover and Easter are religious holidays of gratitude—gratitude for the release of the Jewish people from Egypt, gratitude by
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Read Robert Mueller’s Written Summaries of His Russia Report
The Atlantic - Madeleine CarlisleOlivia Paschal
The details the special counsel apparently found most important for the public to know Attorney General William Barr released Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full report on Thursday. Contained therein
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Mueller Helped Trump Keep His Most Important Secrets
The Atlantic - David Frum
The central question about the Trump-Russia matter remains unanswered. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report has settled—or all but settled—important questions about the Trump-Russia matter. Did Russia
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The Mueller Report Could Alienate the Voters Republicans Need
The Atlantic - Ronald Brownstein
The special counsel’s findings validate the concerns of anyone who feared how Donald Trump would wield presidential power. Beyond all the revelations about Russian entanglements and possible obstruction
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No One Listens to the President
The Atlantic - David A. Graham
Trump keeps issuing orders, and staffers keep ignoring them because they’re illegal or unwise. It’s an unsustainable situation—but it shows no sign of abating. It’s been another dizzying few days in Washington,
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What the Mueller Report Reveals About the Presidency
The Atlantic - Bob Bauer
Almost 50 years after Watergate, it’s still exceedingly difficult to hold a president accountable. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report contains numerous factual revelations and, even with the redactions,
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Trump’s Guardrails Are Gone
The Atlantic - Peter NicholasElaina Plott
The president’s more pliant senior advisers might end up indulging his ultimately self-sabotaging behavior. One Saturday in June 2017, President Donald Trump called Don McGahn twice at home. The president