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Opinion: Mueller vindicates Trump on collusion and plays Hamlet on obstruction

Robert Mueller is certainly thorough. The special counsel makes clear across the 488 pages of his report released Thursday that he and his band of prosecutors left no entrail unexamined in their two-year dissection of President Trump. Those who demanded this may not like the conclusions, but they can’t say Mr. Mueller didn’t hunt down every potential crime.

The report exposes some Trumpian excesses and lies, but it also shows that, on the most important issue and the charge that started it all, Mr. Trump has been telling...

 

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WSJ's opinion soft peddles his actions as Trumpisms and a few lies and mistakes. Bullshit Helper.

Hard to obstruct when there wasn’t a crime to begin with.

Plays to his Dem handlers don’t you mean. And a big CYA since he didn’t find collusion or create a process crime to entrap POTUS. It was a witch hunt pure and simple

I will no longer take your newspaper. You no longer represent truth

He gave the Dems a bone to chew on. Most issues are he said she said. Thrown out in court. Move haters you better concentrate on beating Trump in 2020 if ya waste time focusing on this garbage. Your definitely gonna lose.

Mueller’s report did NOT vindicate Drumpfire on collusion. Stop spinning that lie

Thankfully, the WSJ Editorial Board is empowered to vindicate no one.

This is a misreading of the report and the law.

How are you able to just ignore the facts?

WSJ opinions - less credibility than Sarah Sanders

Rupert Murdoch ensuring the eventual demise of the WSJ.

Can you obstruct a non-crime?

I’m glad I canceled my subscription. Good call.

How do you obstruct justice when the only injustice was against the President?

Vindicates? They tried repeatedly to work with Russia! How is that ok?

Excellent article

Hmm, nah

Vindicates, huh? Looks like he was knee deep in it. Did you actually read the report, or just Barr’s ridiculous summary?

Lol. No.

Looks like WSJ needs a dictionary - this clearly was no vindication as there was plenty of evidence, just not enough to convict under criminal statutes. However, more than enough establish High Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Of it vindicates Trump, why is Trump bitching about the Mueller report on Twitter? Try again Trumpeeon

And the sun will rise in the east tomorrow, people will no longer need water to live, and MAGA mutts will be able to read.

Then why lie about the trump tower meeting with the Russians!?

The first page of the Mueller Report alone shows what a sham the Trump Presidency is, and how the Russians interfered so severely in the 2016 election. Trump denied the Russian involvement and tried to shut down the Investigation. Barr’s summary in no way represented the report.

Rosenstein looks like he is about to throw up!

Vindicate is a strong word. We had Manafort sharing polling data with Milimnik. To what purpose if not to assist the Russians in meddling with the election.

Mueller didn’t do that at all. Read the report. Trump should be impeached. Period.

Fact: There was no vindication, Rupert! Your fauxpinions presume our illiteracy. Read the report.🙄

Witness intimidation

😂😂😂🤣😂🤣😂😂 nooooo

Sure Rupert! MANAFORT GAVE THE POLLING DATA SPECIFICALLY FOR MICHIGAN WISCONSIN PENNSYLVANIA... We know why. Too early to call vindication.

Jonathan Alter: “No smoking gun? To the contrary, Volume II is a smoking artillery range.”

Opinion: The Wall Street Journal is a dishonest rag.

WSJ: why are you publishing this trash? “Vindictate trump on collusion” is total horseshit.

We didn’t get to see the conspiracy part

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All MUST understand that mueller's team had nearly all the lawyers from the democrat side so the slant AGAINST trump, why is everyone acting like this was an upstanding witch hunt

hamlet was a love story,,,are u suggesting that barr & his liar trump are in love?/. like he is with putin,saudia arabia & kim jung un,and all other dicktator nations/.

Oh, it’s far from over.

Conservative rag news..

'Vindicates' is a poor, poor choice of word to describe the Mueller Report vis-à-vis Trump and Collusion.

We’re really throwing around the word “vindicate” loosely nowadays. Don’t overplay your hand Trumpers.

“I was surprised by something that was missing from the Mueller Report. Nowhere does Mueller invite Barr to shut down the obstruction investigation into Trump. Yet that is exactly what Barr did.” jentaub

'Collusion' was not the approach he took, nice try.

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