The big noise in the news is the Washington Post scoop about a conversation that the president*’s lawyers had with special counsel Robert Mueller. From the Post:

In private negotiations in early March about a possible presidential interview, Mueller described Trump as a subject of his investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. Prosecutors view someone as a subject when that person has engaged in conduct that is under investigation but there is not sufficient evidence to bring charges. The special counsel also told Trump’s lawyers that he is preparing a report about the president’s actions while in office and potential obstruction of justice, according to two people with knowledge of the conversations. Mueller reiterated the need to interview Trump — both to understand whether he had any corrupt intent to thwart the Russia investigation and to complete this portion of his probe, the people said.

The president*, because he doesn’t understand anything, apparently is treating this as a kind of vindication. And it should be noted that this conversation took place a month ago and things can, well, change. Also, it has been speculated that Mueller, as a career employee of the federal justice system, may not believe he can indict a sitting president.

However, according to the report, Mueller also told the White House lawyers that he will be presenting a series of reports to the Congress about his findings regarding the president*’s possible obstruction of justice in the investigation of Russian ratfcking.

This would be of a piece with the former consideration; Mueller would be fully in character if he handed reports to the branch of government empowered by the Constitution to impeach a lawless president* and dared those clowns to fulfill their constitutional duty. In any case, if the president* thinks he’s out of the woods, he’s more delusional than I think he is, and that boggles the mind. He remains under investigation by a tough and implacable prosecutor who believes that everyone in government should do their jobs as thoroughly as he’s doing his.

That may, in fact, be naïve, but it will do for the moment.

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Charles P. Pierce Charles P Pierce is the author of four books, most recently Idiot America, and has been a working journalist since 1976.

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