Released in edited form only last Thursday, The Mueller Report has engendered all kinds of responses, many from people who haven't read it. One person who has read it is Suzy Staubach, who retired in 2015 after a long career as a bookseller and manager at the UConn Co-op Bookstore in Storrs, Conn. Here she offers a review of The Mueller Report, as well a review of the Attorney General's "book report."
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I have just finished reading The Mueller Report and, my old bookseller genes awoken, urge everyone to read it. The writing is sharp and clear. The report is filled with drama and direct quotes. There are unexpected heroes. There is terrible darkness and depravity. Mystery. The legal explanations do not require training to understand. It is indeed a page turner. Once you start to read it, you won't want to put it down.
I came away with a much deeper understanding of what Robert Mueller found than what is evident from even the excellent reporting in the New York Times or Washington Post. You will, too. It is very alarming, but these are things we need to know.
William Barr told us none of this. He totally misrepresented Mueller's work, legal thinking, and findings. You will see this immediately on page one of volume one and in great detail toward the conclusion of volume two. Barr is not a trustworthy guide. I give his book report an F.
Mueller and his team spent two years on the report. What a gift to historians in the future. Reading it, I understood that the way he wrote it, the clarity, is also a gift to us, all of us.
So dear friends, read it for yourselves.
Once we have all read it, we need to figure out what to do.