The Mueller report lands. Now it's Congress's turn

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The Mueller report lands. Now it's Congress's turn

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Apr 19, 2019

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It's an all Mueller edition of the Nerdcast show, with host Scott Bland
and reporters Kyle Cheney and Melanie Zanona.

The crew unpacks some of the fundamental questions from Thursday’s
release of the redacted Mueller report and figures out what’s next --
how will Congress act on this report?

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Apr 19, 2019

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