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Ting Shen/CNP via ZUMA
For those of you *coughrepublicanscough* who are having trouble figuring out what Robert Mueller said yesterday, here’s a short translation:
- Special prosecutors can do one of two things: recommend charges or decline to recommend charges.
- I am not declining to recommend charges.
- DOJ rules don’t allow me to say anything further.
Does it all make sense now?