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The Memo: Mueller findings boost Trump 2020 hopes | TheHill

posted onMarch 26, 2019
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Article snippet: MORE’s core findings. Democrats had hoped the president would be badly wounded by Mueller, the special counsel who investigated whether the 2016 Trump team colluded with Russia. But Mueller did not establish any such collusion took place after issuing more than 2,800 subpoenas during a 22-month investigation that involved around 40 FBI agents. Some Trump critics are holding out hope that damaging information will yet come to light, either in the full Mueller report or through separate investigations into the president. But other Democratic strategists insist the party needs to rethink its angle of attack as the 2020 campaign gets underway. “Beating the Mueller drum is not going to work unless there is new information,” Democratic strategist Hank Sheinkopf told The Hill. He is not the only one making the point. Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) told Fox News’s “America’s Newsroom” on Monday that Democrats “have to get back to doing the business of the people.” Effective legislation, rather than endless repetition of the collusion charge, is “the key to whether we will be successful in 2020,” Rendell said. The previous day, in the immediate aftermath of the release of the letter from Attorney General William Barr summarizing Mueller’s findings, the Rev. Al Sharpton said on MSNBC that Democrats had to “zero in on the real concerns of American people” and avoid the temptation to “turn into lawyers on cable television.” The chorus of concern from Democrats is on... Link to the full article to read more

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