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The NPR Politics Podcast

Key Findings And Analysis From The Mueller Report

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

Daily News, News, Politics

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The 448-page document, released after a nearly two-year-long inquiry, says Mueller's investigation did not establish that the Trump campaign "conspired or coordinated" with the Russian interference effort, which was described as "sweeping and systematic." This episode: Congressional correspondent Scott Detrow, national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson, justice reporter Ryan Lucas, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast.

0:05.1

I'm Scott Detreau.

0:06.1

I cover Congress.

0:07.1

I'm Kerry Johnson.

0:08.1

I cover the Justice Department.

0:09.1

I'm Ryan Lucas.

0:10.1

I also cover the Justice Department.

0:11.1

I'm Mara Liason, National Political Correspondent.

0:13.7

And it is Thursday, April 18th at 5.20 pm, but the time that really matters to us is six

0:19.5

hours or so since the release of the Mueller report in its redacted form.

0:24.6

We have been reading for those six hours.

0:26.9

This is a massive report.

0:28.6

How massive is it?

0:30.2

It is this massive.

0:31.2

Whoa, that's big.

0:33.9

The entire studio has been demolished.

0:36.6

It's two volumes, volume one and two, but they're actually part of the same report.

0:41.2

It's like how the fellowship of the ring and the two towers are really just all part

0:44.9

of Lord of the Rings.

0:46.9

We've all been flipping through and skimming our PDFs up.

0:50.0

Here's what President Trump has to say about this.

0:52.4

No collusion, no obstruction.

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