Mueller report stokes confidence about veracity of reporting on Russian connection and obstruction
The Mueller report shows that despite President Donald Trump’s bombast and ridicule of the press and fastening the term “fake news” on any unfavorable story, the press got it right on numerous occasions. To take one instance, the New York Times reported in June 2017 that Trump ordered White House Counsel Donald McGahn to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Trump called this fake news, but the Mueller report not only confirmed the order but also