If you've watched even one news broadcast over the last couple of years you know that Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III, has been busy. He has spent the last 22 months investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the subsequent attempts by the president, Donald Trump, to obstruct said investigation. Now that the findings of his investigation have been released, it's important we read them for ourselves. However, since you might not have time to read a 44 ...
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Ep. 15: Vol II--Sec II: Factual Results of the Obstruction Investigation--Part B: The President’s Conduct Concerning the Investigation of Michael Flynn
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In this episode, we will cover Section II, Part B: The President’s Conduct Concerning the Investigation of Michael Flynn. General Michael Flynn (whose stint as Trump’s first National Security Advisor lasted less barely three weeks, pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI regarding his discussing US sanctions on Russia with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kisl…
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Ep. 14: Vol II--Sec II: Factual Results of the Obstruction Investigation--Part A: The Campaign's Response to Reports About Russian Support for Trump
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We're about to begin the longest section of Volume II--Section II: Factual Results of the Obstruction Investigation. It covers more than 150 pages and is itself divided into twelve parts A through L.This episode will cover Part A: The Campaign's Response to Reports About Russian Support for Trump. From the initial press reports about links between …
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This brief section introduces us to the principles behind the obstruction-of-justice investigation into Donald Trump. It outlines the components of an obstruction-of-justice crime--the various actions and the intent behind those actions Next it describes the considerations made with specific regard to a list of potential obstruction-of-justice crim…
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Today’s episode will launch us into Volume II of the Report on the Investigation Into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election. This is the part of the investigation that focuses on the obstruction-of-justice investigation into Donald Trump. This episode's narration will consist of the first two preliminary sections: the Introduction …
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This episode cover the entirety of the final section of Volume I of the Mueller Report--Section V: Prosecution and Declination Decisions. Briefly recapping the material covered in prior sections, the volume concludes with discussion and explanation of what charges were brought against whom and why. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.sp…
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Episode 10 will cover the second part of and conclude the seemingly never-ending Section IV "Russian Government Links to and Contacts with the Trump Campaign."Part A covered all contact between the Trump campaign and Russian during the campaign period from the fall of 2015 through November 8, 2016. This Part B covers campaign contacts in the post-e…
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This ninth episode is the fourth to cover the first half of Section IV--the portion of the report which describes the many and varied connections between members of the Trump Campaign and the Russian government . . . during the campaign period. Even though it hasn't been a long read in terms of pages, it's been a lot to digest. At least it has been…
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This episode of The Mueller Report: A Reading brings us a bit closer to the end of Volume I of the Special Counsel’s report, continuing to cover Section IV of that volume, Russian Government Links to and Contacts with the Trump Campaign. This narrations will continue with part A, the Campaign Period (September 2015—November 8, 2016) with the narrat…
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This episode is part two of several needed to cover Volume I, Section IV of the Mueller Report, which is entitled “Russian Government Links to and Contacts with the Trump Campaign.”Today’s narration will cover Section A, Part 3, Carter Page, and Part 4, Dimitri Simes and the Center for the National Interest (or CNI), a think tank with expertise in …
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Volume I, Section IV of the Mueller Report--"Russian Government Links to and Contacts with the Trump Campaign" explores the events and connections between the Russian government and the Trump campaign. A very lengthy and very dense section, its narration will be split among three episodes. This Episode 6, Part I, will cover the first half of subsec…
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This episode concludes Section III of Volume I of the Mueller Report: "Russian Hacking and Dumping Operations." Narration of this episode will cover the second half of the section, which is comprised of the fourth and final subsection D: "Trump Campaign and the Dissemination of the Hacked Materials."--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.s…
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This episode, Episode 5, Part I, will cover sections A, B, and C, which are respectively subtitled: “GRU Hacking Directed at the Clinton Campaign”, “Dissemination of the Hacked Materials”, and “Additional GRU Cyber Operations”. These three sections cover 14 pages and include 81 footnotes.This section begins to outline the who and what of the Russia…
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This episode begins to explore the findings of Russia's social media campaign within the United States and how it interfered with U.S. political discourse during the 2016 presidential election. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-mueller-report/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show…
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This section of the Mueller Report provides us with information on the genesis of the investigation, the scope of the Special Counsel's mandate, and the structure and procedures of the Office of the Special Counsel.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-mueller-report/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters…
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The Special Counsel lays out the contents of Volume I of the Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election. The Summary is divided into sections covering the Russian Social Media Campaign, the Russian Hacking Operations, Russian Contacts with the Trump campaign, and The Special Counsel's Charging Decisions.…
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Setting the parameters of the investigation.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-mueller-report/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-mueller-report/support
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Welcome. Here's what you can expect from this podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-mueller-report/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-mueller-report/support
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