He’s unspooling.

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..This is a terrible situation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now, before it continues to stain our country any further. Bob Mueller is totally conflicted, and his 17 Angry Democrats that are doing his dirty work are a disgrace to USA! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 1, 2018

Please, JeffBo. Obstruct justice. Do it now!

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Paul Manafort worked for Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole and many other highly prominent and respected political leaders. He worked for me for a very short time. Why didn’t government tell me that he was under investigation. These old charges have nothing to do with Collusion - a Hoax! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 1, 2018

He managed my campaign. You know, that guy? Managed my campaign? Him? Who?

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Russian Collusion with the Trump Campaign, one of the most successful in history, is a TOTAL HOAX. The Democrats paid for the phony and discredited Dossier which was, along with Comey, McCabe, Strzok and his lover, the lovely Lisa Page, used to begin the Witch Hunt. Disgraceful! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 1, 2018

Let me read to you from my book of magic spells and conjuring words.

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Looking back on history, who was treated worse, Alfonse Capone, legendary mob boss, killer and “Public Enemy Number One,” or Paul Manafort, political operative & Reagan/Dole darling, now serving solitary confinement - although convicted of nothing? Where is the Russian Collusion? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 1, 2018

Just what Manafort’s lawyers were looking for: a vote of confidence from the White House in which the president* compares him to “Alphonse” Capone. For the love of god, Mr. President*, stop helping!

And Bob Mueller, with no expression on his face, reaches for another document.

(And, in response to several inquiries, that latter refrain is an homage to the opening sentence of The Friends of Eddie Coyle by the late, great George V. Higgins: "Jackie Brown at twenty-six, with no expression on his face, said that he could get some guns." It's the finest opening sentence to a novel written by anyone not named Melville.)

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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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