Mueller Was Running on Borrowed Time. Has It Run Out? (NYTimes)

[kentuck]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/opinion/trump-sessions-whitaker-mueller.html

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Robert Mueller, the special counsel, always knew he was running the Russia investigation on borrowed time. That time may have just run out on Wednesday afternoon, when President Trump ousted his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, less than 24 hours after Republicans lost their eight-year lock on the House of Representatives.

So who’s going to protect Mr. Mueller now?

Until Wednesday, the job was being performed ably by Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who assumed oversight of the Russia investigation when Mr. Sessions recused himself in March 2017.

Under Mr. Rosenstein’s leadership, the investigation Mr. Mueller took over has resulted in the felony conviction of the president’s former campaign chairman, guilty pleas from multiple other top Trump aides and associates and the indictments of dozens of Russian government operatives for interfering in the 2016 election. For more than a year, Mr. Rosenstein walked a political tightrope, guarding Mr. Mueller’s independence on the one hand while trying to appease Mr. Trump’s increasingly meddlesome demands on the other.

[gopiscrap]

1. he's a smart guy

I am sure he has a contingency plan

[libdem4life]

2. He's no Orange Shoot-from-the-Hip Guy . Betting he has already laid out options. n/t

[democratisphere]

3. Not to worry! Mueller will bring down drumpf regardless of what drumpf does!

Take THAT to the bank!

[GeorgeGist]

4. My bank said your comment was worthless.

Just saying.

[democratisphere]

5. You must be dealing with the banksters at your bank.

I would expect nothing less from them.

[gratuitous]

6. How nice of the Times editorial board to signal its approval

I guess now that they're done covering the Caravan of Death, Dooooom, and Diseeeeeease. The resulting extra column inches means they can telegraph their pre-approval of any precipitous action Trump might take. Sure, there have been convictions and guilty pleas and Trump is increasingly meddlesome, but don't expect the New York Times to stand up for the rule of law, the Constitution, and ethical government. They will, however, send out Frank Bruni to scold you if you say a swear about that.