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<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: Will the Public Know What Mueller Found?

The Special Counsel’s Russia investigation comes to a close—and now many lingering questions fall to Congress. Plus the “electability” trap, the horror film you shouldn’t miss, and more
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Robert Mueller concluded the nearly two-year-long Russia investigation: He sent a final report chronicling his findings to Attorney General William Barr on Friday. Mueller and his team of investigators have unfurled threads of conspiracy by Russian nationals that have resulted in a number of indictments, though there are still a number of lingering questions that might fall to Congress to handle.

Michael Davidson, Norman Ornstein, and Thomas Mann—who were part of the commission that made the recommendations for rules around special-counsel investigations—write that the regulations were never intended Ken Starr, who served as independent counsel to produce a public report,” and that Mueller

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