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Some slightly longer thoughts on the political upshot of the Mueller report. (Or more precisely, Barr's letter about the Mueller report.) 53eig.ht/2Oq5dzP
Obviously the headline is "this is good for Trump".
There's a range of uncertainty, though, given that we don't have the report yet—the Barr memo leaves a lot of questions unanswered—that runs from roughly "quite good indeed for Trump" to "meh".
There's a range of uncertainty, though, given that we don't have the report yet—the Barr memo leaves a lot of questions unanswered—that runs from roughly "quite good indeed for Trump" to "meh".
For me, the safest conclusion is that a lot of political downside risk was removed from Trump's portfolio, in part because he got through the investigation without firing Mueller or pardoning anyone. 
