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    Analysis: Mueller report poses an unexpected problem for Democrats

    by Janet Hook, Los Angeles Times Apr 19, 2019 4 minutes

    WASHINGTON - The release of the special counsel report on Russian interference in the 2016 election marks the end of political shadow-boxing over a secret investigation of President Donald Trump and the beginning of open warfare over whether he should be reelected in 2020.

    The long-awaited report from Robert S. Mueller III will almost certainly inflame partisan passions on both sides, even if it changes few voters' minds about Trump. And it will pose new challenges to Democratic presidential candidates, who have mostly steered clear of the Russia investigation to develop distinctive brands that stand for more than opposing the president.

    The problem for Democrats is that the report, while damning and shocking in parts, was

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