Thread by @speechboy71

I have a long piece coming out soon summarizing my key takeaways, but here a few crucial points:

1) Mueller's team clearly thinks that Trump obstructed justice and the only reason they didn't say that is because of the DOJ prohibition on indicting a sitting president

2) Mueller has given Congress a road map to impeach the president.

3) The Trump campaign may not have directly conspired with the Russian government, but they had the same political goals and interests as the Russians and clearly tried to profit politically from Russian interference.

4) The Trump campaign knew about Russian interference, sought Russian assistance had contacts with Russian officials, and repeatedly lied about it. That may not be a criminal offense, but from a political perspective it's pretty traitorous

5) On nearly every aspect of the Russia investigation - the Flynn firing, the Trump Tower meeting, the Comey firing, contacts with Russians during the campaign, business ties to Russia etc - the president and his White House have lied. The evidence is overwhelming

6) Journalists should take a victory lap because nearly every piece of reporting about the Russia investigation was correct. One thing about reading the report that was disconcerting is how familiar it felt - that's because I'd already read much of it in media reports

7) William Barr is a big liar. His summary of the Mueller report purposely mischaracterized it in order to give a political assist to the president. He needs to step down and if he refuses to do so he needs to be impeached.

8) The President has no comprehension of the limits of his political power and of the law itself. Repeatedly we see examples of the president trying to break the law and being thwarted by his aides. He will continue to try and break the law if he's not removed from office

9) Congress has an obligation to begin impeachment proceedings. The failure to do so would be an abdication of their oversight responsibilities