Good morning, everyone, and thank you for being here.

It's May 29th, 2019.

DC is in the middle of a muggy, steamy heat wave.

It feels like mid-summer.

Hale is even predicted.

Two years ago, the acting Attorney General asked me to serve as special counsel.

And he created the special counsel's office.

After years of round-the-clock speculation and silent investigation, much of it conducted

in skiffs, the hushed compartments that are basically tombs for deeply classified information,

special counsel Robert Mueller finally speaks.

This is the day much of America has been waiting for.

As his office has issued indictment after indictment, Mueller himself has stayed mum.

He's come to be regarded as an oracle, and indeed his words are delfic.

The appointment order directed the office to investigate Russian interference in the

2016 presidential election.

This included investigating any links or coordination between the Russian government and individuals

associated with the Trump campaign.

To the surprise of those watching, Mueller's voice is noticeably less certain, more

gentlemanly and more modest than the cacophony around his investigation, especially those

boisterous figures in his sights.

There is no circumstance whatsoever under which I will bear false witness against the

president, nor will I make up lies to ease the pressure on myself.

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