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MSNBC public editor: The Chuck Todd show — After former Special Counsel Robert Mueller' testified before the House Judiciary Committee this morning, Chuck Todd managed to demonstrate, with uncharacteristic brevity, his basic misunderstanding of the requirements of his job:
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Pelosi rebuffs Nadler on impeachment after Mueller flop — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler pushed to launch impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump during a closed-door meeting Wednesday, only to be rebuffed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to four sources familiar with the discussions.
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‘A New Legal Argument for Impeachment’ — After three months of reading—or not reading—the Mueller Report but hearing very little from the man who wrote it, the American public finally got to see and hear Special Counsel Robert Mueller testify before Congress Wednesday in six-plus hours of questioning on live television.
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“Accountability”? The Mueller Hearing Is How Trump Escapes It — After so much waiting—a hundred and twenty-four days, to be precise, since Robert Mueller's report was delivered—perhaps it was bound to be a disappointment. Still, three hours after the former special counsel took …


“A Bit Of A Dud” — Some Democrats Said The Mueller Hearings Didn't Live Up To Expectations — WASHINGTON — The day finally arrived: DC bars opened early, interns who had camped out in the Capitol overnight filled the room, and dozens of cameras were set. All eyes were on former special …
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Only House Democrats can hold Trump accountable and Mueller's testimony proved it — KEY POINTS — If House Democrats want President Trump held formally accountable for his conduct surrounding Russian election interference, they'll need to do it all on their own. — Robert Mueller won't do it.


Here's what surprised us during the Mueller testimony — and 4 other takeaways — It's over. After months of anticipation, Robert Mueller has finally testified on Capitol Hill. — Over five-plus hours of testimony, Mueller regularly deflected and refused to answer lawmakers' questions …
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GOP blocks election security bills after Mueller testimony — Senate Republicans blocked two election security bills and a cybersecurity measure on Wednesday in the wake of former special counsel Robert Mueller warning about meddling attempts during his public testimony before congressional lawmakers.


‘Euphoria’: White House, GOP exult after a flat Mueller performance
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Analysis of Mueller's Congressional Hearing
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Democrats are now left with one option to end Trump's presidency: The 2020 election

Robert Mueller testimony on Trump and Russia: Devastating facts that point to impeachment
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‘Bob Mueller is struggling’
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LIVE UPDATES: Trump not exonerated, Mueller testifies, could be charged after leaving office
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Pelosi stops short of calling for impeachment after Mueller's testimony before Congress
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How many times has Robert Mueller deflected, declined or deferred a question? Live tracker

Major Moments of Robert Mueller's Testimony to Congress
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Mueller offers terse answers, uncertainty in testimony
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Mueller's finally done. Here's how his probe lives on.
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Mueller testifies before Congress on special counsel report — live updates
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No shower for 23 days: U.S. citizen says conditions were so bad that he almost self-deported — Francisco Erwin Galicia, a Dallas-born U.S. citizen, spent 23 days in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in conditions that made him so desperate he almost opted to self-deport.


How Republicans Used Mueller's Conservatism to Discredit Him — Robert Mueller's performance in two House hearings must have badly shaken the bipartisan cult that had grown around him for two years. Even accounting for the difficulty of precisely answering verbal questions about long text in real time …
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Confused performance by Mueller raises questions about handling of investigation — It took just minutes for Robert Mueller's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee to turn into a painful exercise when it became clear the 74 year-old special counsel had difficulty handling …
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Republican Ken Buck Scores Massive Own Goal in Mueller Questioning — Thanks to Buck, Mueller is now on the record saying that a sitting president can be indicted post-presidency for obstruction crimes — WASHINGTON — Rep. Ken Buck, a Republican from Colorado, thought …
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Jeffrey Epstein Visited Clinton White House Multiple Times in Early '90s — A Daily Beast investigation has uncovered ties between Epstein and the Clinton administration that date back to the president's earliest days in the White House. — Days after Jeffrey Epstein's arrest …
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Federal judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump asylum restrictions at southern border — U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in California issued the preliminary injunction blocking the new asylum restrictions after grilling Justice Department lawyers.
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Trump's Latest Attempt to Bar Asylum Seekers Is Blocked After a Day of Dueling Rulings
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Judge won't block US asylum restrictions at southern border
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Poll: Biden has 7-point lead over 2020 field, Warren follows in second place — Former Vice President Joe Biden has a 7-point lead over the Democratic presidential primary field, according to a new Economist/YouGov poll released Wednesday, retaining his lead compared to the previous survey.
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Autopsy Offers Jarring New Details About the Death of a 16-Year-Old Guatemalan Boy — Days after he was supposed to be in a children's shelter, Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez died of the flu near the toilet in his Border Patrol holding cell. — After a sixteen-year-old Guatemalan boy died …


Trump vetoes Congress's attempt to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia — President Trump on Wednesday vetoed three resolutions that Congress passed to stop several arms sales benefiting Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which the president pushed through without congressional approval.
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Trump Must Face Suit Over Alleged Multilevel Marketing Fraud — President Donald Trump, his company and three of his children must face a class-action lawsuit in which people claim they were scammed into spending money on fraudulent, multilevel marketing ventures and a dubious live-seminar program …
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North Korea launches two projectiles — (CNN)North Korea has launched two projectiles, according to South Korea. — The South Korean military told CNN that North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles from the Wonson area towards the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan …
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