Coordination: Not Established. Obstruction: More Complicated.

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🗓️ 25 March 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Attorney General William P. Barr sent a letter to Congress summarizing the Mueller report: The special counsel investigation did not establish coordination with Russia, but there was a more complicated story when it came to obstruction of justice. Guests: The Times reporters Maggie Haberman, who covers the White House; and Michael S. Schmidt, who has been covering the special counsel investigation. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	Hello. Hello. Hello.
0:02.9	Hello. Maggie. Hi.
0:05.6	Can you hear me? Yes. Can you hear me?
0:08.4	Yeah, hold on, hold on. We're at two headphones right now.
0:12.7	Sounds about right. Can you hear me? Oh, that's better.
0:15.2	We gotcha. We're just waiting on the storm.
0:19.5	Ah! It's Michael Barbaro.
0:22.4	Host of the Daily. From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is Daily.
0:37.1	Today, Attorney General William Barr has sent a letter to Congress
0:42.3	summarizing the findings of the Special Counsel investigation.
0:46.6	No coordination with Russia. More complicated, unobstruction of justice.
0:52.3	My colleagues Maggie Haberman and Mike Schmitt explain.
0:58.4	It's Monday, March 25th.
1:05.7	Okay, Maggie, Mike, it is 6 p.m. on Sunday evening. Two hours ago,
1:11.0	the Attorney General Bill Barr sent a letter to Congressional leaders
1:14.7	outlining the major conclusions of the Special Counsel's report.
1:19.4	The report is broken into two parts. The first one is on the
1:24.7	biggest, most central question that has surrounded the president
1:29.7	since he was elected. What are the ties between his campaign and Russia?
1:35.6	And on that issue, Barr is unequivocal. What does he say?
1:39.9	He says there are no ties between what Russia did in the election
1:47.1	and Trump's campaign. That despite how aggressively the Russians tried to
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