Robert Mueller was not looking primarily to resolve whether Russia had leverage over Trump. And yet he managed to turn up proof anyway. jonathanchait writes
Robert Mueller. Photo: Melina Mara/The Washington Post/Getty Images The most interesting and newsworthy portion of Robert Mueller’s six hours of testimony before the House yesterday came in the final two exchanges of the day, long after the narrative was set and the national media had grown bored. In those ten minutes, Mueller confirmed that Russia had blackmail leverage over Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign.
Mueller agreed that, if a candidate lies about his dealings with a foreign country, that country can blackmail him: KRISHNAMOORTHI: As you noted in volume two of your report, Donald Trump repeated five times in one press conference, Mr. Mueller, in 2016, “I have nothing to do with Russia.” Of course Michael Cohen said Donald Trump was not being truthful, because at this time Trump was attempting to build Trump Tower Moscow.
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