Why The End Of Mueller Probe Doesn’t Change Much For 2020 Dem Candidates

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 12: Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., leave the Senate Democrats' policy luncheon on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

March 25, 2019 1:18 p.m.

When Attorney General William Barr released his summary of Robert Mueller’s report on Sunday, Republicans and some journalists immediately started arguing it would prove a major setback to the 2020 Democratic field, who they painted as being obsessed with the Mueller investigation.

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