The Mueller Report Is Embarrassing for Trump. But It Doesn’t Call Into Question His 2016 Win

Apr 19, 2019, 11:25 AM

The message arrived after midnight on Election Day 2016. As news bulletins reported that Hillary Clinton had called Donald Trump to concede in the presidential race, Kirill Dmitriev, a Russian sovereign-wealth fund CEO and pal of Russian President Vladimir Putin, checked his device. “Putin has won,” came the message. The identity of that note’s sender is among the redacted parts of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report.

The message arrived after midnight on Election Day 2016. As news bulletins reported that Hillary Clinton had called Donald Trump to concede in the presidential race, Kirill Dmitriev, a Russian sovereign-wealth fund CEO and pal of Russian President Vladimir Putin, checked his device. “Putin has won,” came the message. The identity of that note’s sender is among the redacted parts of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report.