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Opinion Hillary Clinton: Mueller documented a serious crime against all Americans. Here’s how to respond.

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April 24, 2019 at 4:44 p.m. EDT
Former Democratic presidential candidate calls for Congress to be "deliberate, fair and fearless." (Video: Danielle Kunitz, Kate Woodsome, Joshua Carroll/The Washington Post)

Hillary Clinton was the 2016 Democratic nominee for president.

Our election was corrupted, our democracy assaulted, our sovereignty and security violated. This is the definitive conclusion of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report. It documents a serious crime against the American people.

The debate about how to respond to Russia’s “sweeping and systematic” attack — and how to hold President Trump accountable for obstructing the investigation and possibly breaking the law — has been reduced to a false choice: immediate impeachment or nothing. History suggests there’s a better way to think about the choices ahead.