Mother Jones: Mueller Reminds the Public: Trump Betrayed the United States

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Mueller did not rail about Trump’s serious misconduct. But in the quiet way of an institutionalist who respects norms and rules, Mueller made it clear: Trump engaged in treachery. From @DavidCornDC

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Mueller Reminds the Public: Trump Betrayed the United States
This is the narrative Trump and his GOP defenders have wanted to obstruct and smother.

There’s an old saying in newsrooms: News is stuff that people have forgotten. Robert Mueller’s dramatic appearance before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning was a striking reminder of this adage.

The former special counsel did not drop any new revelations about the Trump-Russia affair.

Yet in a simple but important manner, he reiterated the basics of this scandal—perhaps the most consequential political scandal in American history.

These are the fundamentals that have often been subsumed by all the never-ending partisan squabbling and by the ongoing crusade mounted by Donald Trump and his defenders to distract from his perfidy.

These are the facts that Trump has refused to acknowledge, and they are the facts that taint his presidency and undermine its legitimacy.

In his opening statement, Mueller emphasized the key finding from his report: “The Russian government interfered in our election in sweeping and systematic fashion.”

And during the questioning, Mueller repeated the conclusion previously reached by the US intelligence community that Russia conducted this covert operation to help Trump get elected.

“Did your investigation find that the Russian government perceived it would benefit from one of the candidates winning?” Mueller was asked by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.). He replied with one word: “Yes.” Lofgren followed up: “And which candidate would that be?” Mueller responded, “Well, it would be Trump.”

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1. Good stuff. There are people on DU with their hair on fire who need to read this!