Mueller Report Doesn't Find Russian Collusion, But Can't 'Exonerate' On Obstruction

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🗓️ 25 March 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Special counsel Robert Mueller did not find evidence that President Trump's campaign conspired with Russia to influence the 2016 election, according to a summary of findings submitted to Congress by Attorney General William Barr. This episode: Congressional correspondent Scott Detrow, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson and Congressional reporter Kelsey Snell. 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	Hi, this is Vula and this is Casson.
0:03.6	Like Scott Detro, we're recording this from under a blanket in a hotel.
0:08.4	Only we're at Lake Tahoe to go skiing.
0:10.8	This show was recorded at...
0:13.3	That's my favorite place in the world to visit a hotel at.
0:16.1	It is 548 Eastern on Sunday, March 24th.
0:20.4	Things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:23.2	Like hopefully Scott won't be under a blanket anymore and neither will we.
0:32.8	Amazing.
0:34.0	It's so good.
0:35.8	I have made it back to Washington DC where I am sitting in front of a microphone
0:40.0	in a real grown-up radio studio.
0:42.6	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast.
0:44.5	I'm Scott Detro, I cover Congress.
0:46.1	I'm Tamer Keith, I cover the White House.
0:48.0	I'm Kelsey Snell, I also cover Congress.
0:50.0	And I'm Carrie Johnson, National Justice Correspondent.
0:52.5	Well as fun as that was, we have some really serious news to talk about in detail.
0:56.6	So we now know, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's findings,
1:00.4	at least Attorney General Bill bars for page summary of them.
1:04.5	Carrie, this was broken up into a few different parts.
1:07.2	So let's walk through them.
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