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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

Will Trump Survive Mueller?

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

President, Barack, News, Politics, Wnyc, Obama, Lizza, Washington, Wickenden

4.3 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Washington is abuzz with rumors that the special counsel Robert Mueller’s report is coming soon. We know that Donald Trump’s Presidency depends on its contents. But with all the headlines of the past two years—this one brought in for questioning, that one indicted, this one coöperating—it can be hard to keep track of what this is really all about. We asked the staff writer Adam Davidson, who has been reporting on the Mueller investigation since the beginning, for a refresher on the basic facts—the broad strokes of what we’ve learned so far. Both parties are strategizing to position themselves for the unknown. But Jeffrey Toobin believes that, unless the report contains a major, unexpected discovery, its findings will have little impact on Trump’s Presidency or on his future. Toobin debates with The New Yorker’s Washington correspondent, Susan B. Glasser, about the lessons of Bill Clinton’s impeachment and Richard Nixon’s resignation.

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I'm Dorothy Wickenden on today's Politics and More podcast, a look at the Mueller investigation.

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First, Adam Davidson lays out the facts we know so far. Then David Remnick talks with Susan Glasser and Jeffrey Tubin about the

1:02.1

future of the investigation and what we might expect from Mueller's final report.

1:10.4

It's not much of an exaggeration to say that all of America is waiting with bated breath for the Mueller report to be handed in to the Justice Department,

1:19.7

and then, in some form, it'll go out to the world, and everybody seems to expect it soon.

1:25.8

Now, what that will mean for the presidency and the nation,

1:28.4

we're going to try to tease out those questions in just a little bit. But before we do that,

1:33.3

you might want to refresh your course on the basic facts of the Russia investigation, the broad

1:38.3

strokes of what we've learned so far. Because with all the headlines of the past two years,

1:43.4

this one brought in for questioning, that one indicted, this one cooperating, it's hard to keep track of all that's really come about.

1:51.1

So we gave reporter Adam Davidson this challenge.

1:53.6

Give us a summary of what we know so far about the Mueller investigation and do it in three minutes or less.

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