Robert Mueller had just 22 months to persuade Trump's aides to cooperate against him. Just 22 months to learn whether Russia had asked for sanctions relief and to carve up Ukraine in exchange for help getting Trump elected.

Had the House used Volume II of the Mueller Report as an impeachment referral, the investigation might have proceeded further into the truth of what Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, and Trump's closest allies had done in 2016 and beyond. Instead, Trump outlasted Jeff Sessions' tenure and installed an Attorney General – Bill Barr – who would shut everything down.

Episode 6 of Ball of Threads explains how all that happened.

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