Summary: The Mueller Report

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"While this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him" - Mueller's report

 

Summary of The Mueller Report: Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

 

The Mueller Report is the official report documenting the findings and conclusions of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 United States presidential election, allegations of conspiracy or coordination between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia, and allegations of obstruction of justice.

 

What to take from this report?

The 448-page report is split in to two Volumes: one chronicling the many ties between Trump's campaign and Russia, and another outlining 10 episodes," where Mueller said there was potential evidence of obstruction.

Two primary discoveries are evident in the report: First, Mueller found no criminal conspiracy between the President's team and Moscow. Second, while Mueller declined to recommend charges against Trump, he found several instances where the President tried to influence or shut down the investigation.

 

Who is this book for?

The Mueller Report is required reading for everyone with interest in American politics, for every 2016 and 2020 voter, and every American.

 

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Disclaimer: This comprehensive summary is based on The Mueller Report: Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election and does not share any affiliation with the author or original work in any way or form. The summary does not utilize any text from the original work. We want our readers to use this summary as a study companion to the original report, and not as a substitute.

• Language: English
• Publisher: EssentialInsight Summaries
• Release date: Jun 8, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201338824

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THE MUELLER REPORT

Report On the Investigation Into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Abstract

About the Author

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT THIS BOOK

Introduction to Volume I

Executive Summary to Volume I

I. The Special Counsel’s investigation

II. Russian active measures social media campaign

A. Structure of the internet agency

B. Funding and oversight from Concord and Prigozhin

C. The IRA targets U.S. elections

III. Russian hacking and dumping operations

A. GRU hacking directed at Clinton campaign

B. Dissemination of the hacked material

C. Additional GRU cyber operations

D. Trump campaign and the dissemination of hacked material

IV. Russian government links and contacts with the Trump campaign

A. Campaign period (September 2015 – November 8, 2016)

B. Post-election and transition-period contacts

V. Prosecution and declination decisions

A. Russian active measures social media campaign

B. Russian hacking and dumping operations

C. Russian government outreach and contacts

Introduction to Volume II

Executive Summary to Volume II

I. Background Legal and Evidentiary Principles

A. Legal framework of obstruction of justice

B. Investigative and evidentiary considerations

II. Factual results of the obstruction investigation

A. The campaign's response to reports about Russian support for Trump

B. The President's conduct concerning the investigation of Michael Flynn overview

C. The President's reaction to public confirmation of the FBI's Russia Investigation

D. Events leading up to and surrounding the termination of FBI Director Comey

E. The President's efforts to remove the Special Counsel

F. The President's efforts to curtail the Special Counsel investigation

G. The President's efforts to prevent disclosure of emails about June 9, 2016, meeting between Russians and senior campaign officials

H. The President's further efforts to have the Attorney General take over the investigation

I. The President orders McGahn to deny that the President tried to fire the Special Counsel

J. The President's conduct toward Flynn, Manafort

K. The President's conduct involving Michael Cohen

L. Overarching factual issues

III. Legal defenses to the application of obstruction of justice statutes to the President

A. Statutory defenses to the application of obstruction of justice provisions to the conduct under investigation

B. Constitutional defenses to applying obstruction of justice statutes to presidential conduct

IV. Conclusion

Abstract

The office of the Special Counsel began investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election and related matters that raised questions in regards to obstruction of justice. The evidentiary considerations that guided the obstruction of justice investigation will be explicitly described and then an overview will be provided.

As set forth in this report, the investigation established that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election primarily through a social media campaign that favored presidential candidate Trump over candidate Hillary Clinton and also through a Russian intelligence service conducted computer intrusions against the Clinton campaign team.

The Internet Research Agency (IRA) carried out a social media campaign designed to provoke and amplify political and social discord in the United States. The IRA sent employees to the United States on several intelligence gathering missions with instruments to aid their work. They also began computer intrusion operations against members of the