# A Thread for the Mueller Investigation Results and Outcomes (Part 1)

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**Created:** [October 28, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093 "2017-10-28T20:14:44Z")\
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> [@Latin Phrases - For the Helluvit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604/18):
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> But that’s how these things work. **The dossier was shopped around to various media entities before the election**. Happens that none of them chose to publish it at that time. But it was certainly being used in a manner which would have influenced the election had it been successful.

Cite for the part I bolded, please?

Also, what do you mean “shopped around”? What does the word “shopped” mean in this context, exactly?

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