Globe editorial: The Mueller investigation won’t settle Donald Trump’s fate. Voters will GlobeDebate
On Friday, special counsel Robert Mueller submitted his final report into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election. The document is not yet public but, on Sunday, Attorney-General William Barr sent a letter to Congress summarizing its findings. Mr. Trump and his defenders immediately proclaimed that he’d been cleared – “a total and complete exoneration,” tweeted press secretary Sarah Sanders.That’s an exaggeration and distortion of the special counsel’s findings. Even so, Mr.
As Richard Nixon once said, “I am not a crook.” Strictly speaking, he was correct. But the bar for assessing presidential success, and fitness for office and re-election, is somewhere higher than the absence of a criminal indictment. And yes, the Russians offered assistance to Mr. Trump’s campaign, and meetings and conversations took place between members of Mr. Trump’s entourage and those malicious Russian actors.Nevertheless, according to Mr. Barr’s summary of Mr. Mueller’s report, “despite multiple offers from Russian-affiliated individuals to assist the Trump campaign,” Mr. Trump and his associates did not conspire or coordinate with those Russians. As a result, Mr.
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