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Today, Explained

America's worst defense attorney

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

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0:00.0

It's our last day with Google Play for a while, so this is your third last reminder for

0:04.5

the road that you can get $10 off your first audiobook purchase over $10 when you go

0:10.2

to g.co-play-explained and log in with your Google account.

0:20.9

Robert Mueller might be the second most powerful man in America right now, but unlike number

0:25.8

one, he shuns the spotlight.

0:28.2

We don't see him doing press conferences all the time.

0:31.2

I couldn't even tell you what his voice sounded like before today.

0:34.5

Thank you for that lovely introduction.

0:37.1

However, this investigation goes, the special counsel will be written about for years to

0:42.1

come.

0:43.1

So, we figured it was high time we answer a glaringly obvious question.

0:49.9

Who is Robert Mueller?

0:55.4

Robert Mueller was a star prep school athlete at St. Paul's with none other than John

1:08.9

Kerry.

1:09.9

They were high school classmates.

1:11.7

Garrett Graff literally wrote the book on Robert Mueller.

1:15.0

They've hung out.

1:16.0

They've talked for hours.

1:17.0

Mueller's father was an executive for the Dupont Corporation.

1:21.4

His father was captain of a submarine chaser for the Navy in World War II.

1:28.9

And Mueller learned in many ways his moral compass from his father.

1:33.8

In his life, he was taught that a lie is the worst sin.

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