Days after Attorney General William Barr released his four-page summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation report, overwhelming majorities of Americans want the full report made public and believe Barr and Mueller should testify before Congress, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. CONT. Domenico Montanaro, NPR News Read more »
Mueller report: Majorities across party lines want full report released, CBS News poll says
More than 3 in 4 Americans, including majorities of both Republicans and Democrats, think the full Mueller report should be released to the public. But the partisan splits that have long marked the investigation remain even after it is done: Republicans say the report has cleared the president. Democrats are […] Read more »
Trump is repeating Bush’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ boondoggle
On May 1, 2003, aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, President George W. Bush stood before a banner declaring “Mission Accomplished.” But he had declared victory prematurely and subsequently lost the political battle over the war in Iraq. From that day on, every time Americans troops suffered a setback, critics would […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Majority says Trump not exonerated of collusion after Barr’s summary
Though President Donald Trump has claimed “complete and total exoneration” based on Attorney General William Barr’s summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election, the American public disagrees, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. A majority (56%) says the President and […] Read more »
CNN online poll: 77% of Republicans think Trump has been exonerated of collusion with Russia
Based on what they say they have heard or read about the final report delivered to the Justice Department by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, 77% of Republicans think that President Donald Trump and his campaign have been exonerated of any collusion with Russia during the 2016 presidential election. Eighty percent […] Read more »
Now it’s up to voters to give the verdict on Trump’s presidency
The results of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, even in the brief summary released by Attorney General William Barr, vastly reduce the legal risks to President Donald Trump while raising the political stakes in the 2020 election. … While the end of the Mueller investigation unequivocally heightens the primacy of […] Read more »