Mueller report thread - Mueller testimony July 24

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We are currently in a state of Shrodingers Report: it has both been finalized but not released. So everyone and their Grandma has a theory of what is in the thing. I would treat all takes and information as suspicious until we actually see if the cat is alive or dead.

But hot takes about how this spells doom for Dems in 2020 are much more fun

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Warning, very hot take incoming:

In a way, Barr's vagueness may have given this whole shebang a second wind. Congressional democrats are almost certain to get Barr, Rosenstein and even Mueller to testify. I'm not sure if thats a good thing or bad things for dems politically, but its pretty clear this isnt over.

Probably a bad thing. Most people don't care about this and it's time to move on.

Completely agree with this. Democrats should just take the l on this one and move on. If they let it fade, it's likely nobody will care in a month, let alone by November 2020. Dragging it out when it probably isn't going to yield much with exponentially increasing risk is a bad idea.

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Three things Mueller emphasized:


1) Russia made extensive efforts to interfere in the 2016 election

2) The Special Counsel's office would have declared Trump innocent if they had reached that conclusion. They did not.

3) The Special Counsel's office could not consider charging Trump.


Reading between the lines seems straightforward.

More than enough vagueness to keep everyone happy