Happy Mueller-versary

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🗓️ 18 May 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has been the focus of headlines and cable news for a full year now. Despite his seemingly leak-proof team, speculation and anxiety swirl around the inquiry. What do we actually know about the investigation? How much deeper does the iceberg go? And where is it heading next? Links - "The Lingering Mysteries of a Trump-Russia Conspiracy" (Natasha Bertrand, May 16, 2018) - "Trump Finally Fesses Up to Reimbursing Michael Cohen" (David A. Graham, May 16, 2018) - “What Exactly Is Rudy Giuliani's Role?” (David A. Graham, May 7, 2018) - "Trump Goes to War With Mueller" (David A. Graham, May 2, 2018) - "Mueller's Probe Is Even More Expansive Than It Seems" (Natasha Bertrand, May 14, 2018) - "'These Are Very Dangerous Questions for the President'" (Adam Serwer, May 1, 2018) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For a year now, headlines and cable news have followed every dizzying detail of Special
0:04.3	Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
0:06.7	But somehow, despite the media circus and a cascade of leaks from an ever-evolving cast of
0:11.0	characters, Mueller himself and his team have been tied as a drum.
0:15.8	What do we know about the investigation?
0:18.9	And where is it heading next?
0:21.2	This is Radio Atlantic. Hi, I'm Matt Thompson, executive editor of the Atlantic, and I am delighted to say that my co-host Alex Wagner, esteemed co-host Alex Wagner, is here with me in
0:46.9	studio in DC.
0:47.9	What a joy it is.
0:49.2	It is a joy to have you here.
0:50.6	Not only to be back on the Radio Atlantic Airwaves, but to be in the same space as you, Mad
0:55.8	Thompson.
0:56.8	I am thrilled, delighted.
0:58.4	It feels right.
1:00.4	So reciprocated.
1:01.5	I am also joyful that our colleagues
1:05.5	David Graham and Rosie Gray staff writers for the Atlantic are with us to tell us
1:12.1	What the hell is going on in the city of Washington DC where I live.
1:18.2	So there's this thing that you might have heard of that's been going on for like a year now, but it's been flying kind of under the radar
1:25.2	So I want to just like tell you about this guy
1:27.6	Robert Mueller who used to head this law enforcement agency the FBI
1:45.4	He's been quietly in an under the The question of whether anyone in Donald Trump's campaign played any role in that interference Really?
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