Robert Mueller Breaks His Silence

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The New York Times

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🗓️ 30 May 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Robert Mueller, the special counsel, discussed his investigation of Russian election interference for the first time on Wednesday. He did not absolve President Trump of obstruction of justice, saying: “If we had enough confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so.” Guest: Michael S. Schmidt, who has been covering the special counsel investigation for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading: The news conference presented an extraordinary spectacle of a top law enforcement official publicly stating that the president’s conduct warranted a criminal investigation, even though it was impossible to indict him for any crimes.Here’s the full transcript of Mr. Mueller’s statement.

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0:26.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:32.8	This is a daily.
0:39.8	Today, Robert Mueller breaks his silence.
0:44.1	Quote, if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would
0:50.9	have said so.
0:58.3	It's Thursday, May 30th.
1:00.9	Guys, I'm here.
1:06.2	Mike.
1:07.2	Yeah.
1:08.2	Hey, Schmidt.
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1:12.3	Okay.
1:13.3	Okay.
1:14.3	Mike Schmidt, so what happens on Wednesday morning?
1:20.6	On 9.30am, the special counsel's office sends out an email saying that Robert Mueller
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