The Special Counsel Investigation: Americans want the investigation to continue, but are more interested in indictments and crimes than in rehashing 2016. For many Americans, the cover up is the crime. When we ask Americans what this investigation is about, they say it’s about Russian interference and collusion rather than […] Read more »
Politics Podcast: A Year Of Mueller
It’s been just over a year since special counsel Robert Mueller began investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast team takes stock of what he’s uncovered during that time and looks ahead to what could come next. The crew also weighs in on the debate […] Read more »
Mark Penn, Ex-Clinton Aide, Dismisses Mueller Inquiry, and the Clintons Along With It
Mark J. Penn was one of the primary architects of President Bill Clinton’s re-election campaign in 1996 and served as chief strategist for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2008. Few people have done more to advance the Clinton cause in the last couple of decades. Which makes it all the […] Read more »
Congressional Candidates, Not Mueller, Could Decide Trump’s Future
For months, the political world has treated Robert S. Mueller III as the arbiter of President Trump’s fate: Hopeful Democrats have theorized about the damage Mr. Mueller’s investigation might inflict. Suspicious Republicans, led by Mr. Trump, have cast him as leading a “witch hunt.” But this week Rudolph W. Giuliani, […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Republicans shifting negative on Mueller’s investigation
Republicans have begun to sour on Robert Mueller’s handling of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, and they are increasingly likely to say the President should not testify under oath for the special counsel. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta, […] Read more »
CBS News Poll: More Americans now say Russia investigation is politically motivated
A year into the special counsel investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 elections, a slight majority of Americans thinks the investigation is politically motivated. Fifty-three percent say so, while 44 percent think the investigation is justified. Nevertheless, three in four Americans still think President Trump should cooperate if he […] Read more »