Special counsel Robert Mueller sent a message to Congress, whether he was trying to or not, writes former federal prosecutor shanlonwu for CNNopinion
Shanlon Wu is a former federal prosecutor and CNN legal analyst. He served as counsel to Attorney General Janet Reno. Follow him @shanlonwu. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN.
Special counsel Robert Mueller concluded his decades of public service today with something between a bang and a whimper. Shanlon WuHis 10-minute statement about his two-year investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election used too much"inside-the-beltway" legal nuance and was delivered with a modesty from a different era that obscured the powerful message hidden within.
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