Obstruction

At long last the Mueller Report, a phrase that may go down in history equivalent to the Zapruder Film, is finally out, at least most of it. All along this investigation I didn't dive into the details like they did on cable news, with their quadrant of "experts" speculating, speculating, speculating. The initial summation, William Barr's book report, was puzzling--no collusion but Trump was not exonerated (although he immediately said he was). The larger report indicates he's in no way exonerated, and the ball is in congress.

A lot of liberals felt let down by Mueller after that summation, as if we found out our beloved dad wasn't really a lawyer, but was a numbers runner for the mob. But today we found why his recalcitrance--there is plenty of evidence for obstruction of justice, but he felt he didn't have the power to indict the idiot-in-chief. Congress should.

We learned quite a bit of juicy stuff. Trump, upon first hearing of the investigation said "I'm fucked" (the Gray Lady, the New York Times, printed this word with all four its galvanizing letters). Trump tried to interfere with Mueller, but his staff ignored him, which should earn them Congressional Medals of Honor. Donald McGahn, Corey Lewandowski, and Rick Dearborn all refused to fire him. Kudos, gentlemen.

Sarah Sanders, the much put upon but deservedly so White House Press Secretary, admitted that she lied, which is like Shaquille O'Neal admitting that he is tall. Sanders, if she had any integrity, would resign now, and take a job at Fox News, but of course she probably won't. Maybe Trump will fire her while Tweeting from his golden toilet.

What next? Trump, per usual, is acting if he's exonerated, citing "no obstruction!" which is precisely opposite of what the report says. The next likely step is a House investigation, which can only happen because of the 2018 elections. The decision to impeach or not to impeach will rear its ugly head. Nancy Pelosi shows no interest in such a fight, since the Senate wouldn't convict him, anyway. But a nice long hearing would chip away Trump's approval rating, already in the basement.

It was said that Nixon's downfall was Shakespearean, the Iran-Contra Affair seemed to be written by Beckett. I think the Trump scandals were penned by Ionesco.