Mueller Report; Robert Mueller et al; 2019; Washington Post, The; 750 pgs;

This version of the report has introduction material and a number of appendices added. The full report is a part of it.


Because the Mueller Report is essentially photo-reduced to fit inside the book sized printed page of this report, the resultant font is very small. And I am getting a bit old. The reason they did this is clear… to keep all page references accurate and referable. That is, if you hear that something was written on page 150 of the actual report, you will have no trouble finding it.

I did not read it all. I only scanned the collusion/Russia half, knowing that it did not come to any conclusions that are not already part of history. Trump colluded his brains out (and he recently said he would do it again), but criminal conspiracy (which I believe requires a quid pro quo) could not be proven.

I read the half on Obstruction of Justice (OoJ) more carefully. There are several key obstructive acts that are as plain as day, all done in public, that they did not charge Trump with…. Because they say at the outset that they cannot charge a sitting president. Mueller all but said: "He is guilty, so Congress… you must act!"    

The most striking thing about the OoJ evidence is that almost all of it took place in plain view or was report contemporaneously by various news outlets.  I was constantly saying to myself "Oh yeah, I remember that."

So why have they not started impeachment proceedings? Beats me! I believe that should for many reasons, most of which were excellently described by John Oliver on his TV show (aired June 16, 2019).

This is not a readable book, but it is historic, and a good reference.

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