Harris Podcast on the Mueller Report

I would encourage anyone who either has or hasn't read the full Mueller report, but especially those who haven't, to listen to the latest episode of Sam Harris's podcast, with guest Bejamin Wittes.

It's probably about as close to an objective overview of the findings as you're going to get, even though both Harris and Wittes are no fans of Trump. At the end of the podcast, Harris asks Wittes what he would say to any Trump supporters who believe their discussion (and the whole investigation itself) is just some partisan hit job, intent on overturning an election due to sour grapes.

I liked Wittes's answer, though it's not entirely original: Read the executive summaries for both volumes of the Mueller report, substituting "Trump" for "Clinton" or "Biden" or the Democratic politician of your choosing. Then ask yourself the following questions:

• Would you think an investigation into these activities was warranted?
• Would you find this behavior acceptable in a Presidential campaign and a President?
• Would you support impeachment for the Democrat if the facts were the same?

It's a fine idea, the exercise of looking at an issue from the opposite angle, in order to try to correct for some of your biases. But I kind of doubt anyone will actually do it. So, I thought I would mock up a version of the executive summaries myself, right here on this blog.

The next couple of blog posts will do just that.

Here is the Clinton Version of the Mueller Report's Executive Summary of Volume I

Here is the Clinton Version of the Mueller Report's Executive Summary of Volume II