Robert Mueller

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

Robert Mueller

This Might Be the Most Important Exchange in the Mueller Testimony

Mueller's Testimony Didn't Move Us Toward Impeachment. But It Should Make Us Determined to Vote Trump Out

The Mueller Testimony 'I Take Your Question' Meme Is Giving People an Answer to Everything

Read Robert Mueller's Opening Statement for His Testimony About the Russia Investigation