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    The Mueller Report Illustrated: The Obstruction Investigation
    The Mueller Report Illustrated: The Obstruction Investigation
    The Mueller Report Illustrated: The Obstruction Investigation
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    The Mueller Report Illustrated: The Obstruction Investigation

    By The Washington Post and Jan Feindt

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    A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

    Written and designed by the staff of The Washington Post and illustrated by artist Jan Feindt, The Mueller Report Illustrated: The Obstruction Investigation brings to life the findings of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III in an engaging and illuminating presentation.

    When it was released on April 18, 2019, Mueller’s report laid out two major conclusions: that Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election had been “sweeping and systematic” and that the evidence did not establish that Trump or his campaign had conspired with the Kremlin. The special counsel left one significant question unanswered: whether the president broke the law by trying to block the probe.

    However, Mueller unspooled a dramatic narrative of an angry and anxious president trying to control the criminal investigation, even after he knew he was under scrutiny. Deep inside the 448-page report is a fly-on-the-wall account of the inner workings of the White House, remarkable in detail and drama. With dialogue taken directly from the report, The Mueller Report Illustrated is a vivid, factually rigorous narrative of a crucial period in Trump’s presidency that remains relevant to the turbulent events of today.
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    PublisherScribner
    Release dateDec 3, 2019
    ISBN9781982149284
    The Mueller Report Illustrated: The Obstruction Investigation
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      Introduction

      Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III spent nearly two years investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential campaign and whether President Trump obstructed the inquiry. His 448-page report, which was released in redacted form to the public in April 2019, laid out a Russian government plot to help elect Trump by weaponizing fake and divisive information on social media and disseminating emails hacked from the Democratic National Committee and Democratic officials.

      Mueller made two major conclusions in his report: He found that the Russian effort had been sweeping and systematic, and he determined the evidence did not establish that Trump or his campaign had conspired with the Kremlin.

      However, the special counsel left one significant question unanswered: whether the president broke the law by trying to block the probe.

      Mueller decided that because Justice Department policy states that a president cannot be indicted, it would not be fair to take a position on whether Trump committed a crime. But his report laid out a dramatic narrative of an angry and anxious president trying to control a criminal investigation — even after he knew he was under scrutiny.

      The special counsel also made a point of saying that his report did not exonerate the president. That inconclusive legal finding was unsatisfying for Trump’s supporters and his critics, sparking a debate about his actions that is still raging. But Mueller’s factual findings provided the nation with an extraordinary historical record: a fly-on-the-wall account of life in the White House, told through the eyes of the men and women who served the president and who, under penalty of perjury, shared their memories with investigators.

      This book is drawn directly from episodes detailed in the Mueller report in which prosecutors found evidence of possible obstruction of justice, as well as congressional testimony and Washington Post reporting. Dialogue in text bubbles is taken from Mueller’s report, which cited text messages, contemporaneous notes and investigative interviews with first-hand witnesses who described conversations among key players. Words within quotation marks reflect exact dialogue included in the report, or comments made at public events or in media interviews.

      Illustrations of public events are based on news photographs taken at the time. The president’s tweets have been reproduced verbatim, although the number of likes and retweets may have changed over time.

      THE MUELLER REPORT ILLUSTRATED

      The Obstruction Investigation

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      This Russia thing is far from over

      The investigation that shadowed the first two years of President Trump’s administration began quietly during the 2016 campaign. U.S. intelligence agencies suspected Russia was behind efforts to sway American voters, such as WikiLeaks’ release of hacked Democratic emails. The FBI began examining ties between Trump associates and the Russian government.

      Donald Trump won the election on Nov. 8, 2016. By that time, U.S. intelligence officials had publicly blamed Russia for the release of the hacked emails, describing it as an effort to interfere with the US election process.

      Trump scoffed at that conclusion, calling it ridiculous. He said the intelligence agencies did not know who was really responsible. It could be somebody sitting in a bed some place, he said.

      The way Trump and his top advisers responded to the Russia attack set in motion a crisis that would consume his White House — and it led to the investigation of the president himself for obstruction of justice.

      The first test came in late December 2016. Barack Obama was still president. With just weeks to go until Trump’s inauguration, the Obama administration announced it was imposing sanctions on Russia in response to its interference in the campaign.

      Trump’s advisers were concerned the fallout would hurt the United States’ relationship with Russia. The president-elect saw the move as an attempt to embarrass him by suggesting his election was not legitimate.

      Michael Flynn, the incoming White House national security adviser, on vacation in the Dominican Republic, told colleagues

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