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Brad Heath
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Today could be an especially consequential day for Donald Trump's presidency. Here are some things to chew on while we wait:
We're told Mueller's report is "comprehensive." But it's possible we won't hear a great deal from the man who's led the investigation that captivated Washington for nearly two years. usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
Congress is expecting to see quite a lot. The House voted 420-0 to demand the report, and many lawmakers also want the underlying evidence. If they don't get it, expect a huge fight. usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
Meanwhile, the investigation that began as a probe of Russian election interference has cascaded into a bunch of other criminal investigations into Trump, his business, his family and others. Their legal jeopardy didn't end with Mueller's report.
usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
Some of Trump's closest advisers have been charged with felonies. And Mueller has already revealed a sophisticated Russian hacking and social media operation, a campaign that was eager to benefit from it, and aides who lied to cover it up. usatoday.com/story/news/201…
Mueller spent a lot of time investigating lies by Trump's aides. We looked at all of those lies - the ones that were crimes, at least - and the central question Mueller still hasn't answered: Why did they do it?
usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
Trump's aides lied extensively. And in prosecuting them, Mueller has already revealed quite a lot, both about them and about the conduct of Trump and his campaign.
usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
Now we wait.
One other thing to think about, as everyone focuses on "collusion:" To the extent the lies by Trump's aides impeded the FBI's ability to understand and counter Russia's intelligence operation, they could have helped Moscow get away with it.
usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
That's what FBI agents told George Papadopoulos when they interviewed him. One said: "This is an important issue for the government to figure out right now." He lied anyway.
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The Justice Department offered no indication on Monday of how soon it could release more details from special counsel Robert Mueller's report, but the process AG William Barr described suggests it could be a while.
usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
Update: The leaders of six House committees say they want to see Mueller's complete report within eight days. And they want Justice to begin turning over the underlying evidence Mueller's investigators gathered. This will be a fight. usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
Here's the letter:
judiciary.house.gov/sites/democrat…
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We won't know today what's in Mueller's final report. But it's worth taking some time to think about what he's revealed already: Russia conducted an extensive operation to sway the election to help Trump, his aides worked to benefit from it, then lied to conceal those ties.
The first lie – the first one that was a crime, at least – came on the fourth day of Donald Trump’s presidency, in a White House office down the hall from Trump’s own.

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Mueller's office devoted considerable attention to the Trump associates who lied to Congress and federal investigators. And to the question still hanging over the investigation: Why?

"Loyalty" and "orders."

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We don't yet know what's in special counsel Robert Mueller's final report. We do know one of the questions he tried to answer was why so many of Trump's aides lied to downplay their Russia ties.
usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
Mueller's office accused seven people with lying to Congress or federal investigators. The very first lie they documented took place in the White House, on the fourth day of Trump's presidency, down the hall from the Oval Office.
The lies were among the subjects on which two of Trump's closest former associates cooperated with the special counsel investigation. Here's how the government described the extent of Mike Flynn's cooperation.
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