ForReal, your anti-rule of law, so anti-civil society anti-American, campaign against Mueller essentially has one avenue with any real hope of success. That is of turning the most extreme Republicans against Mueller.
Dec. 20, 2017 at 12:44 PM
The Goals Of The GOP’s Anti-Mueller Campaign And Their Likelihood For Success
By Perry Bacon Jr.
Will opponents succeed in undermining special counsel Robert Mueller?
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I should emphasize what seems likely but has not been confirmed directly by Mueller or Trump and his allies (and may in fact not be the case): All of this jockeying is probably about whether Mueller will indict either the president himself or, more likely, Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and one of the few people who has had senior roles in both the 2016 campaign and the White House. It’s not clear whether there are sufficient charges to indict Kushner, but there are indications that he is under serious scrutiny from Mueller. A Kushner indictment would be a huge setback to Trump, not to mention its family dimensions, so scuttling it is likely to be important to the president.
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Trump and his allies could have all of these goals in mind at once: moving the public but particularly Republicans against Mueller; trying to force him to limit or end his probe; and leaving the door open to getting rid of him. But simply creating a trust gap between Republicans and Mueller helps Trump. And that gap is likely to grow, with Fox News personalities, Republicans on Capitol Hill and the president himself regularly attacking Mueller and his team.
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