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    Who’s Afraid of the Mueller Report?

    Trump aides are serenely confident that the special counsel’s fine print won’t hurt the boss.
    by Peter Nicholas Apr 17, 2019 4 minutes
    Source: Cliff Owen / Associated Press

    On Thursday, Robert Mueller’s highly anticipated 400-page report on the Russia investigation is slated to drop. But as far as Donald Trump and his associates are concerned, it will be just another weekday. Even as speculation has built that Team Mueller was unsatisfied with Attorney General Bill Barr’s summary of the report, Trump allies remain confident—serene, even—in their belief that the fuller version will only help their case ahead of 2020.

    To them, Mueller’s top-line finding of “no collusion” was the only finding that mattered on March 24, when Barr released his summary, and will be the only finding that matters on Thursday and beyond. According to Barr, Mueller was unable to reach a conclusion

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