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🎧 The Daily: How Trump’s Protector Became Mueller’s Best Witness | New York Times

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At first, Don McGahn tried to limit White House cooperation with the special counsel investigation. He became one of its key cooperators.

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🎧 The Daily: The Mueller Report Is Released | New York Times

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We dig into the highly anticipated findings of the special counsel’s two-year investigation.

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👓 William Barr is in deep trouble | CNN

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Attorney General William Barr did two strange things between the time he received special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election and when he released it to Congress and the public.

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🎧 Look Back in Anger | On the Media | WNYC Studios

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The Cohen testimony, a new Breaking News Consumer's Handbook, the risks of laundering our hot takes through history, and the story of an infamous Nazi rally.

When President Trump’s former personal lawyer testified in front of Congress this week, it was both captivating and oddly familiar. This week, On the Media looks at the tropes that ran through the hearings, and offers a guide to news consumers trying to understand the tangled threads of the Mueller investigation. Plus, a sideways glance at historical hot takes and a second look at an infamous Nazi rally in the heart of New York City.

1. Bob and Brooke on Michael Cohen's enthralling testimony this week. Listen.

2. Eric Umansky [@ericuman], co-host of Trump, Inc. from WNYC Studios and ProPublica, on how news consumers can best understand Mueller-related news. Listen.

3. Corey Robin [@CoreyRobin], political theorist, on the tendency for journalists to launder their hot takes through history. Listen.

4. Marshall Curry [@marshallcurry], documentary filmmaker, on his Oscar-nominated short, A Night At The Garden. Listen.

CORRECTION: In the opening segment, we describe U.S. Representative Jim Cooper, of Tennessee, as belonging to the wrong political party. Rep. Cooper is a Democrat.

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👓 A Reader’s Guide to the Journalism Behind the Mueller Report | New York Times

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If some of the revelations in Robert S. Mueller III’s redacted report sound familiar, it’s because many of them were previously published by The New York Times and other news outlets.

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👓 How Barr and Trump Use a Russian Disinformation Tactic | New York Times

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They were able to define “collusion” to benefit themselves. Don’t let them twist meanings again with their “spying” investigation.

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👓 The Mueller report redactions, explained in 4 charts | Vox

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We can’t see behind the bars. But we can see where they are — and why they’re there.

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📺 The end of the special counsel’s investigation, but the start of a political war | Washington Week | PBS

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After the release of Mueller’s report this week, the panelists discussed what the report reveals, the questions it raises, and the impact it may have on the Trump presidency.

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