Breaking down some of the biggest revelations in the Mueller report, by realchriswilson...
Attorney General William Barr on Thursday released a moderately redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, a detailed look at the investigation into Russia’s attempts to influence the 2016 presidential election and whether President Trump’s campaign was involved. The 448-page document matched much of the reporting that’s been done over the last two years on Trump associates’ contacts with Russians.
The account was contained in a chapter of the redacted report titled “The Appointment of the Special Counsel and the President’s Reaction.”“According to notes written by Hunt, when Sessions told the President that a Special Counsel had been appointed, the President slumped back in his chair and said, ‘Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I'm f***ed.’”
“The President returned to the consequences of the appointment and said, ‘Everyone tells me if you get one of these independent counsels it ruins your presidency. It takes years and years and I won’t be able to do anything. This is the worst thing that ever happened to me.
On orders from Trump, campaign staffer and eventual national security adviser Michael Flynn tasked multiple people with carrying out Trump’s wishes, including Barbara Ledeen, wife of former government-security consultant and prominent neoconservative Michael Ledeen, as well as investment adviser and Republican activist Peter Smith.The report released Thursday also revealed that White House press secretary Sarah Sanders admitted to lying following Comey’s firing.
The report also found that in the summer of 2017, the president tried on at least three occasions to block the release of emails related to the Trump Tower meeting. The report also revealed for the first time that Ivanka Trump was present at the meeting, along with her brother, husband Jared Kushner and Trump campaign chairman/convicted felon Paul Manafort.
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