The special counsel mostly stuck to his report during his congressional appearances, but he also agreed that the president was untruthful to investigators.
| | | July 25, 2019 | Morning Edition | | | | Good Thursday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. | |
| _____________________ | | • Robert S. Mueller III warned lawmakers on Wednesday that Russia was again trying to sabotage American democracy before next year’s presidential election, defended his investigation’s conclusions about Moscow’s interference campaign in 2016 and publicly rejected President Trump’s criticism that he had conducted a “witch hunt.” | | • Mr. Mueller’s testimony, consequential as it was, also dragged on for seven dry hours. Here are seven takeaways for those who didn’t have time to watch it all. (And here’s a five-minute video recap.) | | • Once famous for his laserlike focus, Mr. Mueller, who will turn 75 next month, seemed hesitant about the facts in his own 448-page report, stumbling over his answers and struggling at one point to come up with the word “conspiracy.” | | • Mr. Trump declared himself vindicated by Mr. Mueller’s congressional appearance, calling it a “devastating” day for Democrats that exposed the Russia investigation as a “hoax.” | | | | • Few in the TV business, which had long anticipated the potential fireworks (and ratings) of Mr. Mueller’s testimony, expected the veteran prosecutor to match Mr. Trump’s bombast. But even the anchors were surprised by the halting, donnish presence of Mr. Mueller on their screens. | | • Faced with a laconic, literally by-the-book lawman, members of both parties used him as a prop in their own testimony, our TV critic writes: One party wanted to create an episodic narrative of the report’s findings; the other wanted to demolish that story. | | • As Mr. Mueller’s testimony transfixed Washington, Democratic presidential hopefuls at an N.A.A.C.P. gathering laid out a different case: that Mr. Trump is a bigot who unduly harms black communities. | | • Gov. Ricardo A. Rosselló of Puerto Rico announced his resignation on Wednesday, conceding that he could no longer credibly remain in power after an extraordinary popular uprising and looming impeachment proceedings had derailed his administration. | | | | • In line to succeed Mr. Rosselló is Wanda Vázquez, Puerto Rico’s secretary of justice. She is a member of the New Progressive Party, like Mr. Rosselló, who appointed her and a number of powerful political opponents, complicating any succession. | | • In an 11th-hour ruling, a federal judge temporarily blocked three new abortion restrictions from taking effect in Arkansas, including a law that bans the procedure after 18 weeks and another that could threaten to close the state’s only surgical abortion clinic. | | • Some presidential candidates, most noticeably Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, have called for forgiveness of student debt. It’s already happening for many public servants. | | • A federal judge said that the Trump administration must continue accepting asylum claims from all eligible migrants. | | _____________________ | | Today’s On Politics briefing was compiled by Isabella Grullón Paz in New York. | | Were you forwarded this newsletter? Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox. | | Is there anything you think we’re missing? Anything you want to see more of? We’d love to hear from you. Email us at onpolitics@nytimes.com. | | |
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