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“The Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion.”
― The Washington Post, The Mueller Report: Presented with Related Materials by The Washington Post

“The investigation also identified numerous links between the Russian government and the Trump Campaign.”
― The Washington Post, The Mueller Report

“The passions and pain of the Vietnam War have subsided to a degree to which we are now able to look at the broader achievements of the Johnson administration,” said playwright Robert Schenkkan, whose Broadway show about the president, “All the Way,” is playing to packed houses.”
― The Washington Post, The Great Society: 50 Years Later

“The Internet “is a TV that watches you,” he said, a technology “governments are abusing … to extend their powers beyond what is necessary and appropriate.”
― The Washington Post, NSA Secrets: Government Spying in the Internet Age

“Operation Diamond would neutralize antiwar protesters with mugging squads and kidnapping teams; Operation Coal would funnel cash to Rep. Shirley Chisholm, a black congresswoman from Brooklyn seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, in an effort to sow racial and gender discord in the party; Operation Opal would use electronic surveillance against various targets, including the headquarters of Democratic presidential candidates Edmund Muskie and George McGovern; Operation Sapphire would station prostitutes on a yacht, wired for sound, off Miami Beach during the Democratic National Convention.”
― The Washington Post, The Original Watergate Stories (Kindle Single)

“the active measures investigation has resulted in criminal charges against 13 individual Russian nationals and three Russian entities, principally for conspiracy to defraud the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371.”
― The Washington Post, The Mueller Report

“Always remember,” he said, “others may hate you, but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.” His hatred had brought about his downfall. Nixon apparently grasped this insight, but it was too late. He had already destroyed himself.”
― The Washington Post, The Original Watergate Stories (Kindle Single)

“It is well established that a[n] [obstruction-of-justice] offense is complete when one corruptly endeavors to obstruct or impede the due administration of justice; the prosecution need not prove that the due administration of justice was actually obstructed or impeded.”
― The Washington Post, The Mueller Report: Presented with Related Materials by The Washington Post

“Some privacy advocates favor payments to companies when they comply with surveillance efforts because the costs can be a brake on overly broad requests by government officials. Invoices also can provide a paper trail to help expose the extent of spying.”
― The Washington Post, NSA Secrets: Government Spying in the Internet Age

“A statement that the investigation did not establish particular facts does not mean there was no evidence of those facts. In evaluating whether evidence about collective action of multiple individuals constituted a crime, we applied the framework of conspiracy law, not the concept of “collusion.”
― The Washington Post, The Mueller Report: Presented with Related Materials by The Washington Post

“Conservative critics saw little reason for government to get into the culture business, and great potential danger. Today we see Johnson’s arts and humanities programs through the lens of the culture wars, when the NEA was accused of blasphemy and obscenity, the NEH of academic insularity and historical revisionism, and PBS of political bias.”
― The Washington Post, The Great Society: 50 Years Later

“In his last remarks about Watergate as a senator, 77-year-old Sam Ervin, a revered constitutionalist respected by both parties, posed a final question: “Why was Watergate?” The president and his aides, Ervin answered, had “a lust for political power.” That lust, he explained, “blinded them to ethical considerations and legal requirements; to Aristotle’s aphorism that the good of man must be the end of politics.”
― The Washington Post, The Original Watergate Stories (Kindle Single)

“Standing at the foot of the Statue of Liberty, Johnson signed the Immigration Act on Oct. 3, 1965. It abolished the national origins formula that had been in place since 1924, meaning that preference was no longer given to immigrants from some European countries. “This system violated the basic principle of American democracy – the principle that values and rewards each man on the basis of his merit as a man,” Johnson said. “It has been un-American in the highest sense.”
― The Washington Post, The Great Society: 50 Years Later

“Although the President publicly stated during and after the election that he had no connection to Russia, the Trump Organization, through Michael Cohen, was pursuing the proposed Trump Tower Moscow project through June 2016 and candidate Trump was repeatedly briefed on the progress of those efforts.”
― The Washington Post, The Mueller Report: Presented with Related Materials by The Washington Post

“When Johnson birthed the NEA and the NEH, the budgets were tiny. (The NEH began life in 1966 with an appropriation of $5.9 million, and the NEA $2.9 million.) Under Richard Nixon, both budgets increased exponentially, and two of the NEA’s strongest leaders were Republican appointees: Nancy Hanks, who served under Nixon and Gerald Ford, and Gioia, who served under George W. Bush.”
― The Washington Post, The Great Society: 50 Years Later

“Lawyers for the agency came up with an interpretation that said the NSA did not “acquire” the communications, a term with formal meaning in surveillance law, until analysts ran searches against it. The NSA could “obtain” metadata in bulk, they argued, without meeting the required standards for acquisition.”
― The Washington Post, NSA Secrets: Government Spying in the Internet Age

“It seems entirely possible to me that by the 2016 election, the public will be ready to entertain a much bolder set of ideas about creating a more shared prosperity,” said Robert Reich, who was labor secretary under Clinton.”
― The Washington Post, The Great Society: 50 Years Later

“If there is a character who embodies the show’s roots in the Great Society, Davis said, it’s Grover. “I think the Great Society is Grover,” Davis said. Nothing gets him down.”
― The Washington Post, The Great Society: 50 Years Later

“Taking into account that information and our analysis of applicable statutory and constitutional principles (discussed below in Volume II, Section III, infra), we determined that there was a sufficient factual and legal basis to further investigate potential obstruction-of-justice issues involving the President.”
― The Washington Post, The Mueller Report: Presented with Related Materials by The Washington Post

“Johnson’s legislative record also stands as a contrast to the polarization and paralysis of Washington today. The 89th Congress of 1965 and 1966 is regarded as arguably the most productive in American history, with a burst of legislation that exceeded in scope even the laws that were put in place during the New Deal.”
― The Washington Post, The Great Society: 50 Years Later

“With respect to whether the President can be found to have obstructed justice by exercising his powers under Article II of the Constitution, we concluded that Congress has authority to prohibit a President’s corrupt use of his authority in order to protect the integrity of the administration of justice.”
― The Washington Post, The Mueller Report: Presented with Related Materials by The Washington Post

“An “agent of a foreign government” is an “individual” who “agrees to operate” in the United States “subject to the direction or control of a foreign government or official.”
― The Washington Post, The Mueller Report: Presented with Related Materials by The Washington Post

“The President has no more right than other citizens to impede official proceedings by corruptly influencing witness testimony.”
― The Washington Post, The Mueller Report: Presented with Related Materials by The Washington Post

“Cohen eventually entered into a joint defense agreement (JDA) with the President and other individuals who were part of the Russia investigation.”
― The Washington Post, The Mueller Report: Presented with Related Materials by The Washington Post

“Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”
― The Washington Post, The Mueller Report: Presented with Related Materials by The Washington Post

“On June 14, 2017, the media reported that the Special Counsel’s Office was investigating whether the President had obstructed justice. Press reports called this “a major turning point” in the investigation: while Comey had told the President he was not under investigation, following Comey’s firing, the President now was under investigation.”
― The Washington Post, The Mueller Report: Presented with Related Materials by The Washington Post

“On January 24, 2017, Flynn agreed to be interviewed by agents from the FBI.1422 During the interview, which took place at the White House, Flynn falsely stated that he did not ask Kislyak to refrain from escalating the situation in response to the sanctions on Russia imposed by the Obama Administration.1423”
― The Washington Post, The Mueller Report: Presented with Related Materials by The Washington Post

“And after the media reported on the President’s actions, he denied that he ever ordered McGahn to have the Special Counsel terminated and made repeated efforts to have McGahn deny the story, as discussed in Volume II, Section II.I, infra. Those denials are contrary to the evidence and suggest the President’s awareness that the direction to McGahn could be seen as improper.”
― The Washington Post, The Mueller Report: Presented with Related Materials by The Washington Post

“On February 16, 2018, a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment charging 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities—including the Internet Research Agency (IRA) and Concord Management and Consulting LLC (Concord)—with violating U.S. criminal laws in order to interfere with U.S. elections and political processes.1276”
― The Washington Post, The Mueller Report: Presented with Related Materials by The Washington Post

“Separation-of-Powers Principles Support the Conclusion that Congress May Validly Prohibit Corrupt Obstructive Acts Carried Out Through the President’s Official Powers”
― The Washington Post, The Mueller Report: Presented with Related Materials by The Washington Post