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Robert Mueller
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This Might Be the Most Important Exchange in the Mueller Testimony
By Joyce White Vance
Mueller's Testimony Didn't Move Us Toward Impeachment. But It Should Make Us Determined to Vote Trump Out
By David French
The Mueller Testimony 'I Take Your Question' Meme Is Giving People an Answer to Everything
By Megan McCluskey
Read Robert Mueller's Opening Statement for His Testimony About the Russia Investigation
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Mueller to Testify
He will publicly appear on July 17
By Alana Abramson
June 25, 2019
Fact-Checking Trump's TIME Interview
President Donald Trump sat down with a group of TIME journalists on June 17, the eve of his official re-election kickoff in Florida. Over the course of a 57-minute interview, Trump talked about his foreign...
By TIME Staff
June 20, 2019
Lawmakers Move Ahead With Mueller Hearing
The first one will be on June 10
By Alana Abramson
June 3, 2019
What Makes Trump's 'Treason' Talk Different
The Constitution sets a high bar for treason charges. But Donald Trump has used a much lower standard
By Ryan Teague Beckwith and Lauren Bogholtz
June 3, 2019
More 2020 Democrats Call for Impeachment Proceedings
As he closed his investigation on Wednesday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller alluded to impeachment, noting that the Constitution spells out a process to "formally accuse a sitting President of wrongdoing." Several Democratic presidential candidates took...
By Madeline Fitzgerald
May 29, 2019
Mueller Signals He'd Rather Not Testify to Congress
During Special Counsel Robert Mueller's first public remarks since his team's 448-page report was released in April, he explained that he did not want to appear before Congress to discuss his findings. "There has been...
By Abby Vesoulis
May 29, 2019
How Mueller Rebuked Trump
Special Counsel Robert Mueller subtly rebuked several of President Donald Trump's long-standing arguments about Russian interference in the 2016 election and related investigations. Speaking at the Department of Justice Wednesday morning, the former FBI director...
By Abby Vesoulis
May 29, 2019
Questions Remain About Putin's Request for a Back Channel to the Trump Transition
A few weeks before Donald Trump became president, Russian banker Petr Aven, a billionaire oligarch with Moscow's Alfa Bank, pulled aside Washington lobbyist Richard Burt at a corporate meeting in Luxembourg with a sensitive request....
By Eric Lichtblau
May 21, 2019
'We Are Now in a Constitutional Crisis'
Tensions between the legislative and executive branch have been simmering for weeks, but they reached a boiling point Wednesday. House Democrats on the Judiciary Committee voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of...
By Alana Abramson
May 8, 2019
Barr Shows Why Dems Treading Lightly on Impeachment
Republicans closed ranks
By Alana Abramson
May 1, 2019
'Masterful Hairsplitting'
Senate Democrats criticized Attorney General William Barr for "misleading" and hairsplitting" in his handling of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation at a hearing Wednesday. In a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Democratic lawmakers pressed...
By Alana Abramson
May 1, 2019
Read: Mueller's Letter Critiquing Barr's Summary of His Report
"There is now public confusion about critical aspects of the results of our investigation"
By Kathy Ehrich Dowd
May 1, 2019
Read: Barr's Opening Statement on Mueller Report
It marks Barr's first Congressional hearing since releasing the redacted report
By Katie Reilly
May 1, 2019
Florida Official Disputes Clinton's Election Claim
Florida's Secretary of State is disputing Clinton's claim at the TIME 100 Summit
By Tara Law
April 25, 2019
The Intelligence Strategy Behind Russia's Outreach
At 448 pages, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election feels definitive, but it's hardly the final word on the subject. In fact, a recent court filing in a related...
By John Walcott
April 25, 2019
How Trump's Wrong About Impeachment
Constitutional experts say that President Donald Trump got a fundamental fact about impeachment wrong in his latest complaint about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. Under the Constitution, the House of Representatives can vote to begin...
By Abigail Abrams
April 24, 2019
5 Times Mueller's Report Found Trump Lied
From the Trump Tower meeting to James Comey's firing
By Ryan Teague Beckwith
April 19, 2019
How Congress Could Move to Prosecute Trump
More than two years after Robert Mueller began investigating whether President Donald Trump attempted to obstruct justice, the special counsel offered the American people a sobering conclusion in his final report, released Thursday: The most...
By Alana Abramson
April 18, 2019
Mueller Report Shows Russian Outreach to Trump
In his highly-anticipated, 448-page report released on Thursday, special counsel Robert Mueller laid out in painstaking detail the Trump campaign’s willingness to engage with Russian officials on a wide range of politically sensitive matters. Dozens...
By Vera Bergengruen and W.J. Hennigan
April 18, 2019
Obstruction of Justice Usually Happens Behind Closed Doors. But Trump's Actions Were Public
President Donald Trump called for people investigating him to be fired, attempted to intimidate unfriendly witnesses and praised others for not cooperating with law enforcement. If he'd done those things behind closed doors, they would...
By Abby Vesoulis
April 18, 2019
President Trump Told Mueller He Was Just Joking When He Asked Russia to Hack Hillary Clinton
President Donald Trump didn't offer a lot of specifics when he submitted written responses to questions from Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but he did attempt to make one thing clear: That time he publicly asked...
By Kathy Ehrich Dowd
April 18, 2019
Trump Celebrates Mueller Report, Despite Details
President Donald Trump and his team celebrated the publication of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report Thursday despite a wealth of damaging new details. "I’m having a good day," Trump said at a Wounded Warrior event...
By Tessa Berenson
April 18, 2019
All the Ways Trump May Have Obstructed Justice
Special Counsel Robert Mueller investigated a number of ways in which President Donald Trump may have have attempted to obstruct justice. In an almost 400-page report sent to Congress Thursday, the former FBI director said...
By Mahita Gajanan , Katie Reilly , Ryan Teague Beckwith and Gina Martinez
April 18, 2019
'I'm F-cked.' How Trump Reacted to Mueller's Appointment
"This is the end of my Presidency"
By Alejandro de la Garza
April 18, 2019
No Charges, but No Exoneration
Special Counsel Robert Mueller found significant evidence that Donald Trump may have obstructed justice, but he declined to charge him based on his view of how the law should work. In a 400-page report sent...
By Mahita Gajanan
April 18, 2019
Barr Said Trump Did Not Obstruct Justice. Here's His Reasoning
Special Counsel Robert Mueller documented at least 10 episodes in which President Donald Trump may have obstructed justice during investigations of his campaign and Russian meddling in the 2016 election. But Attorney General William Barr...
By Mahita Gajanan
April 18, 2019
Read Attorney General William Barr's Full Remarks Ahead of the Mueller Report Release
Democrats criticized the press conference and called for Mueller to testify
By Katie Reilly
April 18, 2019
The Biggest Takeaways From the Mueller Report
Special Counsel Robert Mueller revealed a sweeping Russian effort to penetrate the Trump campaign in 2016, followed by frenetic attempts by the President to stymie investigations into it afterward. In an extensive 448-page report sent...
By Tara Law and Lauren Bogholtz
April 18, 2019
Top Democrats Call on Robert Mueller to Testify Before Congress
Top Democrats in Congress have called on Special Counsel Robert Mueller to testify, hours before the release of the Mueller report. Citing Attorney General William Barr's decision to hold a press conference before releasing the...
By Madeline Roache
April 18, 2019
Here's How to Fix Election Flaws Highlighted by Mueller Report
Over a nearly two-year investigation, Special Counsel Robert Mueller has shown the sheer breadth of the Russian effort to meddle in the 2016 election. From hacking into campaign email systems to using social media to...
By Tara Law and Abby Vesoulis
April 18, 2019
Did Trump Obstruct Justice?
Did Donald Trump obstruct justice? The president's critics say that he did. The attorney general and deputy attorney general say he did not. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team was reportedly split on the question. And...
By Mahita Gajanan
April 16, 2019
House Democrats Subpoena Mueller Report
House Democrats took their first official step towards forcing Attorney General William Barr to release Special Counsel Robert Mueller's full report into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, after Barr failed to comply with their...
By Alana Abramson
April 3, 2019
Did Trump Obstruct Justice? Here's What Former Prosecutors Think
After a special counsel declined to take a stand on whether President Donald Trump had committed obstruction of justice in the Russia investigation, Attorney General William Barr decided there was not sufficient evidence that he...
By Mahita Gajanan
March 27, 2019
Americans Reach Surprising Consensus on Mueller Report
As Washington waited with bated breath for the results of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, a group of Iowa voters tried to figure out what they thought of it all. Some were Republicans, some were...
By Molly Ball
March 26, 2019
How Democrats Are Planning for Life After Mueller
With Republicans declaring victory at the end of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, Democrats in Congress are taking more of a long-term view with an eye toward the 2020 election. Mueller's conclusion that there was...
By Alana Abramson
March 26, 2019
Democratic Presidential Candidates Call for Release of Mueller Report
In the aftermath of Attorney General William Barr's summary of the Mueller report Sunday, nearly every Democrat running for President in 2020 has demanded that the full contents of the Mueller report be released to...
By Charlotte Alter
March 25, 2019
GOP Takes Victory Lap
Some of which includes a push for new investigations
By Alana Abramson
March 25, 2019
How Mueller Gave Trump a Political Win
For 22 months, Donald Trump called him a rogue prosecutor, surrounded by a team of angry partisans with conflicts of interest, leading an investigation into a hoax. But on Sunday, it was Robert Mueller who...
By Brian Bennett
March 24, 2019
Here Are Some Key Players in the Mueller Investigation
After nearly two years, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation came to a close as he delivered his final report to Attorney General William Barr on Friday. While the public has not yet seen the report,...
By Abigail Abrams
March 23, 2019
Mueller's Investigation Lasted 674 Days. Here's How That Compares to Other Probes
Longer than Watergate, but much shorter than Iran-Contra or Whitewater. That's how Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation stacks up compared to other independent probes by the Justice Department. The investigation concluded Friday when Mueller sent...
By Abby Vesoulis
March 22, 2019
All the Indictments From Mueller's Investigation
Since his appointment in May of 2017, Special Counsel Robert Mueller racked up a lengthy record of court wins, but none of them answered some of the central questions the public had about his investigation...
By Ryan Teague Beckwith
March 22, 2019
The Fight's Just Beginning
"We’re going do everything in our legal and legislative powers"
By Alana Abramson
March 22, 2019
Read Barr's Letter to Congress Confirming the Mueller Report
The Attorney General told Congress he is 'committed to as much transparency as possible'
By Kathy Ehrich Dowd
March 22, 2019
Answers to Top Questions on Mueller's Investigation
Attorney General William Barr has said that within the next week, he will release a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. After nearly two years of...
By Abigail Abrams
March 5, 2019
Democrats Bet On Mueller Delivering the Goods. What If He Doesn't?
Or the public never sees his report?
By Alana Abramson
February 28, 2019
Schiff Would 'Absolutely' Would Sue Over Mueller Report
"We are going to get to the bottom of this."
By Tara Law
February 24, 2019
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