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What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Mueller Would Like You to Read His Report, Please

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Slate

News, Daily News, News Commentary, Politics

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Special Counsel Robert Mueller breaks his silence to reiterate the conclusions of his investigation’s report -- and remind the American people to read it. Guest: Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick, host of the Amicus podcast. Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Ethan Brooks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Okay, Dalia, before yesterday, when was the last time you heard Robert Mueller's voice?

0:10.6

I just remembered searching for audio of it in the last few years, because I thought,

0:16.5

what if he has a squeaky little mouse voice?

0:20.2

A little mouse voice.

0:21.2

You know, like what if...

0:23.2

We didn't learn a lot of new things at Robert Mueller's press conference yesterday morning,

0:27.4

but we did learn what his voice sounds like.

0:29.8

Good morning, everyone, and thank you for being here.

0:34.4

Yeah, I expected James Earl Jones basically.

0:36.5

Yeah, yeah, and instead I got something else.

0:39.4

It felt like Robert Mueller was presenting a book report.

0:43.2

He definitely was.

0:44.5

I'll make a few remarks about the results of our work,

0:49.0

but beyond these few remarks, it is important that the office's written work speak for itself.

0:56.0

Let me begin.

0:57.9

Dalia Lithwick slates legal correspondent.

1:00.6

She didn't have high expectations here.

1:02.8

What I initially thought it would be is I'm rolling up, right?

1:05.9

We've been waiting for him to, you know, put the chairs on the desks and turn out the lights.

1:10.4

So I thought that's what we were getting.

1:12.0

And in fact, no, we got a book report.

1:14.4

Like, these are the...

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