![]() The Special Prosecutor literally became a religious figure during the last few years, with votive candles sold in his image and Saturday Night Live cast members singing “ All I Want for Christmas is You ” to him featuring the rhymey line: “Mueller please come through, because the only option is a coup.” As with most press coverage, there was little pretense that the Mueller probe was supposed to be a neutral fact-finding mission, as opposed to religious allegory, with Mueller cast as the hero sent to slay the monster. Over the weekend, the Times tried to soften the emotional blow for the millions of Americans trained in these years to place hopes for the overturn of the Trump presidency in Mueller. He investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities. The money line quoted the Mueller report: ![]() Mueller would not recommend new indictments.Īttorney General William Barr sent a letter to congress summarizing Mueller’s conclusions. ![]() With the caveat that even this news might somehow turn out to be botched, the key detail in the many stories about the end of the Mueller investigation was best expressed by the New York Times :Ī senior Justice Department official said that Mr. Nobody wants to hear this, but news that Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller is headed home without issuing new charges is a death-blow for the reputation of the American news media.Īs has long been rumored, the former FBI chief’s independent probe will result in multiple indictments and convictions, but no “ presidency-wrecking ” conspiracy charges, or anything that would meet the layman’s definition of “collusion” with Russia. ![]()
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