Mulling Mueller's Muddle

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🗓️ 5 April 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Is Robert Mueller’s special counsel probe of the Trump campaign going to end without a satisfying conclusion to those hoping it will prove “collusion” and the president’s complicity? A new Washington Post report suggests it will. Also, amid the GOP’s 2018 woes, Donald Trump reverts to campaign promises on issues like border security, Syria, and trade. Meanwhile, his administration is singing a... Source

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0:00.0	Music
0:23.8	Welcome to the Commentary Magazine podcast today is Thursday April 5th 2012.
0:28.8	I'm John Pauldhurtz, the editor of Commentary Magazine.
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0:55.5	With me as always, senior editor Abe Greenwald, hello Abe.
0:59.2	Hi John and no arosmen are associate editor.
1:03.3	Hi John. Hi Noah. Sorry.
1:06.0	Correct. And not with us today, so are of Amari or senior writer who will be back.
1:10.8	On Monday, so gentlemen, there is some controversy over whether this big,
1:16.4	a big story in the Washington Post on Tuesday night is as big as I think it is and some other
1:23.1	people think it is and others think it's not, which is that according to the story,
1:28.1	the Trump people have been informed by the independent council Robert Mueller that he is not a
1:34.8	quote target of Mueller's investigation but rather a quote subject of the investigation.
1:43.4	And what this means and portends for Trump and the Mueller investigation.
1:49.9	We also learned from this report that Mueller is intending to prepare a report or a series of reports
1:58.1	on the findings of his investigation. And whether that means anything or not is a
2:06.8	also a very interesting question. Previous independent councils have issued reports
2:12.5	that don't exist in any way shape or form except to explain what they did and
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