On the Mueller Report
If one is going to write about the Mueller Report, one should probably have certain facts at hand. One such fact is that the report most certainly was released to the public, and can be found at https://www. justice.gov/archives/sco/ file/1373816/download
Upon reading some of it, one might discover “(T)he Special Counsel’s investigation established that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election principally through two operations. First, a Russian entity carried out a social media campaign that favored presidential candidate Donald J. Trump and disparaged presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Second, a Russian intelligence service conducted computer-intrusion operations against entities, employees, and volunteers working on the Clinton Campaign and then released stolen documents. The investigation also identified numerous links between the Russian government and the Trump Campaign. Although the investigation established that the Russian government perceived it would benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome, and that the Campaign expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts, the investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.”
There are other things one could discover. In the Introduction to Volume II one could learn that the Special Counsel’s Office was never going to charge Trump with Obstruction of Justice because of separation of powers considerations.
One could learn that “If (The Special Counsel’s Office) had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state. Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, however, we are unable to reach that judgment. The evidence we obtained about the President’s actions and intent presents difficult issues that prevent us from conclusively determining that no criminal conduct occurred. Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”
Or one could remain independent of these relevant facts, and pretend that Trump was “exonerated”.