The Mueller report The Washington Post

Robert S. Mueller, 1944-

Book - 2019

The only book with exclusive analysis by the Pulitzer Prize-winning staff of The Washington Post, and the most complete and authoritative available. Read the findings of the Special Counsel's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, complete with accompanying analysis by the Post reporters who've covered the story from the beginning. This edition from The Washington Post/Scribner contains: --The long-awaited report -- An introduction by The Washington Post titled "A President, a Prosecutor, and the Protection of American Democracy" --A timeline of the major events of the Special Counsel's investigation from May 2017, when Robert Mueller was appointed, to the present day --A guide to individuals ...involved, including in the Special Counsel's Office, the Department of Justice, the FBI, the Trump Campaign, the White House, the Trump legal defense team, and the Russians --Key documents in the Special Counsel's investigation, including filings pertaining to General Michael T. Flynn, Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen, Roger Stone, and the Russian internet operation in St. Petersburg. Each document is introduced and explained by Washington Post reporters. One of the most urgent and important investigations ever conducted, the Mueller inquiry focuses on Donald Trump, his presidential campaign, and Russian interference in the 2016 election, and draws on the testimony of dozens of witnesses and the work of some of the country's most seasoned prosecutors. The Special Counsel's investigation looms as a turning point in American history. The Mueller Report is essential reading for all citizens concerned about the fate of the presidency and the future of our democracy.

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Published
New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster 2019.
Language
English
Main Author
Robert S. Mueller, 1944- (author)
Other Authors
Rosalind S. Helderman (writer of introduction), Matt Zapotosky
Edition
First Scribner trade paperback edition
Item Description
"Presented with related materials by the Washington Post"--Cover.
Report issued by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III, U.S. Department of Justice, March 2019.
Physical Description
729 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN
9781982129736
  • Introduction: a president, a prosecutor, and the protection of American democracy / by Rosalind S. Helderman, Matt Zapotosky of the Washington Post
  • List of individuals, arranged by organizational affiliation
  • Timeline of the Special Counsel's investigation.
  • Report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election
  • VOLUME I :
  • Introduction to Volume I
  • Executive Summary to Volume I
  • I. The Special Counsel's investigation
  • II. Russian "active measures" social media campaign
  • III. Russian hacking and dumping operations
  • IV. Russian Government links to and contacts with the Trump Campaign
  • V. Prosecution and declination decisions ;
  • VOLUME II :
  • Introduction to Volume II
  • Executive Summary to Volume II
  • I. Background legal and evidentiary principles
  • II. Factual results of the obstruction investigation
  • III. Legal defenses to the application of obstruction-of-justice statutes to the President
  • IV. Conclusion.
  • Mueller and Trump: born to wealth, raised to lead. Then sharply different choices / by Marc Fisher and Sari Horwitz of the Washington Post
  • Glossary of legal terms
  • The key documents in the Special Counsel's investigation, arranged in chronological order, with introductions by the Washington Post:
  • 1. Appointment order, Acting Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, May 17, 2017
  • 2. Statement of the offense, US v. George Papadopoulos (US District Court for the District of Columbia, October 5, 2017)
  • 3. Statement of the offense, US v. Michael T. Flynn (US District Court for the District of Columbia, December 1, 2017)
  • 4. Indictment in US v. Internet Research Agency et al. (US District Court for the District of Columbia, February 16, 2018)
  • 5. Indictment in US v. Viktor Borisovich Netyksho et al. (US District Court for the District of Columbia, July 13, 2018)
  • 6. Statement of the offenses and other acts, US v. Paul J. Manafort, Jr. (US District Court for the District of Columbia, September 14, 2018)
  • 7. Criminal information, US v. Michael Cohen (US District Court for the Southern District of New York, November 29, 2018)
  • 8. Transcript of sentencing hearing, US v. Michael Cohen (US District Court for the Southern District of New York, December 12, 2018)
  • 9. Indictment in US v. Roger Jason Stone, Jr. (US District Court for the District of Columbia, January 24, 2019)
  • 10. Letter from Attorney General William P. Barr to US Senate and House Judiciary Committees, March 24, 2019.
Review by Kirkus Book Review

The book that everyone's been waiting forand one guaranteed to raise as many questions as it answers.The Mueller Report is in the public domain, but the Washington Post adds significant value to it with commentary, additional documents, and timelines. Reporters Marc Fisher and Sari Horwitz, for instance, provide a compare-and-contrast essay on the report's principal, Robert Mueller, the former head of the FBI, who, like the ultimate subject of the report, Donald J. Trump, was raised in wealth and privilege but took a sharply different path of service: "At pivotal points in their lives, they made sharply divergent choicesas students, as draft-age men facing the dilemma of the Vietnam War, as ambitious alpha males deciding where to focus their energies." Reporters Rosalind Helderman and Matt Zapotosky, who cover politics and the Justice Department respectively, write that the report was set in motion by "the commander-in-chief's rage," the result of having fired FBI Director James Comey for refusing to avow publicly that the president was not under investigation. The report identifies clear episodes of official obstructions of justice while being very careful in its language. For example, the report makes it quite clear that Mueller and his staff did not consider "collusion" itself a matter for investigation or prosecution, though the more technical charge "conspiracy to defraud the United States" was applied to former Trump campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates. For all its redacted passages, the report provides specific context to other matters under investigation, including negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Russia: "[Michael] Cohendiscussed the Trump Moscow project with Ivanka Trump as to design elementsand Donald Trump Jr. (about his experience in Moscow and possible involvement in the project) during the fall of 2015about which Trump responded to questioning under oath, "I vaguely remember press inquiries and media reporting during the campaign about whether the Trump Organization had business dealings in Russia."An essential document for anyone concerned with the unfolding constitutional crisis of the Trump presidency and one that helps make sense of current headlines. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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