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Headline Roundup July 24th, 2019

Latest Mueller Hearings Highlight Different Party Priorities

Summary from the AllSides News Team

Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's latest testimonies before Congress this week have prompted a wide variety of media opinions from throughout the political spectrum.

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The Mueller Report's Biggest Open Secret
The Mueller Report's Biggest Open Secret

Newsweek

Opinion

Nearly every claim made by Donald Trump and his allies in the Republican Party about Volume 1 of the Mueller Report—that copious volume that deals with accusations Trump or his campaign conspired with the Kremlin—has been false.

Trump and his advocates say Mueller found no evidence of conspiracy? That's not true. They say Mueller found no evidence of coordination? Also false. Mueller found no evidence of collusion? False. Mueller considered the facts from every angle but couldn't establish any conspiracy between Trump or his campaign and Russian nationals? False. Mueller...

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Republican lawmaker complains to Mueller about lack of Fox News in his report
Opinion

Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) should send a letter to Fox News saying the following: Do more investigative journalism. Break more news.

That is the most logical recourse in light of her questioning of former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III on Wednesday in another one of those congressional super-hearings. True to both his own preference and Justice Department instructions, Mueller — at least in his testimony Wednesday morning before the House Judiciary Committee — stuck closely to the text of his two-volume report, which was released in April in redacted...

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Andrew McCarthy: Mueller's testimony will not give Democrats what they crave. Can they handle it?
Opinion

Prepare to be disappointed.

That should be Democrats' mindset heading into Robert Mueller’s appearance this week before two House committees. The greater the anticipation of the testimony, the more the letdown is apt to be.

That is because the special counsel simply is not going to give them what they crave.

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