Robert Mueller, Long Silent, Speaks — Then Says It Was His Final Word

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🗓️ 29 May 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Mueller addressed reporters at the Justice Department in his first public statement since taking over the Russia investigation, ending two years of near-silence even under one of the hottest spotlights ever to burn on a public figure. This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, Congressional reporter Kelsey Snell, and national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson. 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 Chip. I'm currently taking a break from a fat bike ride.
0:04.0	Riding the dirt road through the middle of Trump National Golf Course in beautiful Bedminster, New Jersey.
0:09.0	This show was recorded at...
0:11.0	109 PM on Wednesday, May 29th.
0:14.0	Things may have changed by the time you hear this. Enjoy the show!
0:18.0	What's a fat bike?
0:21.0	I don't know. Is it those bikes with those gigantimus tires?
0:25.0	Oh, I believe in walking places. I don't believe in locomotives or bicycles.
0:30.0	I have a different definition of fat bikes.
0:34.0	We'll get to that later. Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamer Keith. I cover the White House.
0:40.0	I'm Kelsey Snell. I cover Congress.
0:42.0	And I'm Carrie Johnson. I cover the Justice Department.
0:44.0	And we said we would be back in your podcast feed. If there was news we needed to know about,
0:49.0	we just didn't know it would be only a few hours later.
0:52.0	Carrie, you were on your way to work this morning. Where were you?
0:56.0	I was in an Uber. I had just left the gym and I was heading to NPR headquarters here in fantastic hot Washington DC.
1:04.0	When I got an email saying Robert Mueller was going to speak. And he speaks as often as...
1:10.0	Well, never.
1:12.0	Yeah. Never in the last two years. So I high-tailed it over to Manjus.
1:15.0	Was there like... I want to hear like screeching tires. Like the Uber going like...
1:20.0	Try to know to mean justice. Not so much. Just me, Frantya.
1:24.0	Exactly. He's like, just change the address in your phone.
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