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ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

Even if he had obstructed something, he would have been well within his rights. Oh, and in the end, it was all Barack Obama’s fault.

The [Mueller] report still exonerated the president, they stressed, but it was also laden with errors, if not outright lies—particularly the parts about estranged Trump ex-fixer Michael Cohen. And even if those claims were correct, that wouldn’t matter, since he never actually managed to obstruct anything—and even if he had obstructed something, he would have been well within his rights. Oh, and in the end, it was all Barack Obama’s fault.

Source: https://www.thedailybeast.com/team-trump-the-mueller-report-is-vindicationand-riddled-with-lies

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