Edition · March 22, 2019

The Daily Fuckup — March 22, 2019

1 verified report published on March 22, 2019.

This edition is the complete daily record. Reports remain separate so readers can see each claim, source set, correction, and update without one article being mislabeled as the entire edition.

Closing take

This was not yet the punchline, but it was the setup for a very bad one. When the investigation that dominated Trump’s first two years ended, the questions only got sharper: what was in the report, what did Barr do with it, and how much of the damage would eventually land on Trump himself?

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Mueller Drops the Report on Trump’s Head

★★★★★Fuckup rating 5/5 Five-alarm fuckup

Robert Mueller delivered his final report to the Justice Department on March 22, ending the special counsel’s 22-month Russia investigation and kicking off a new fight over what the public would be allowed to see.

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