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Fresh Air

The Inside Story of Trump, Russia, and the Mueller Investigation

Fresh Air

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🗓️ 24 September 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Mueller deputy Aaron Zebley looks back on the investigation of Trump's ties to Russia and explains why his team didn't indict the president in 2017. Zebley is the co-author of Interference.

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This is Fresh Air. I'm Terry Gross. As we near the presidential election, a new book answers a lot of questions about the Mueller investigation. Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed by acting Attorney General Rod

0:34.5

Rosenstein to investigate any links or coordination between the Russian

0:38.8

government and people associated with the 2016 Trump campaign, as well as other related matters including

0:45.4

possible obstruction of justice, witness tampering, or destruction of evidence.

0:50.5

The book takes us behind the scenes of the investigation.

0:53.0

It answers questions such as why the Special Counsel's Office didn't subpoena President Trump,

0:58.0

why no criminal charges against Trump were recommended,

1:02.0

and the reaction inside the Special Council's office when then Attorney General William Barr released his own inaccurate summary of the investigation.

1:11.0

That summary misled Americans about what the report's conclusions really were and

1:16.1

enabled Trump and the White House to incorrectly claim the report found no obstruction and

1:21.6

no collusion. The new book, Interference, the inside story of Trump,

1:26.6

Russia, and the Mueller investigation, is written by three lead members of Mueller's team,

1:31.8

including my guest, Aaron Zebbly.

1:34.6

He was Mueller's deputy during the investigation and was Mueller's chief of staff when Mueller

1:39.0

was the FBI director.

1:40.9

Zebbly oversaw the editing of the Mueller report.

1:44.2

Aaron Zebly, welcome to Fresh Air.

1:46.7

Can you describe your role in the investigation

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