Will Mueller release his report before the midterms?

[Bitek]

Me reading the tea leaves:

Mueller is going to keep reporting via indictments.

Don’t expect a final report until mid 2019 at the earliest.

My only worry is that the Senate is looking like it will accept a Sessions firing after the midterms.

Then Trump can put in his lacky to interfere with the investigation.

He's got to move his ass IMO.

 

[Moonbeam]

There is no expiration date on a Witch Hunt, except when it becomes apparent that it's merely a Witch Hunt -- that no crimes can be discovered attributable to the Witch.

The expiration date for the Mueller investigation would arise when further efforts to find corroborating evidence to that which is already discovered and known do not bear fruit. That point defines the boundaries of the case and the limits to the investigation.

Prudent governance would supposedly discourage Witch Hunts. Knowledge that a crime has been committed and a narrowing of a suspect list -- or expansion of it -- shouldn't have an arbitrary deadline until simple common sense concludes that the investigation has run to the end of its string. And the end of the string is defined by a lack of further corroborating evidence.

The GOP stalwarts don't want to see additional evidence, as it might prove the case they don't want proven. They therefore want an end to the investigation -- if possible before the election. They may well understand the ramifications for propaganda and public opinion if the investigation drags on. But the investigation should drag on to its conclusion.

I was thinking that judging by recent modern witch hunts it should run at least as long as Benghazi where the degree of guilt appeared to be measured by how long it could be dragged out without finding anything as opposed to the Trump thingi where the fear seems to be that the longer it goes the more people are charged and convicted.

 

[Jhhnn]

My only worry is that the Senate is looking like it will accept a Sessions firing after the midterms.

Then Trump can put in his lacky to interfere with the investigation.

He's got to move his ass IMO.

Just Graham & maybe Grassley. OTOH, McConnell & Cornyn are the power players. I'm pretty sure McConnell regards Trump as a useful idiot, particularly when it come to his quest to stack the federal bench with right wingers. He sends Trump the list & Trump sends it back as nominations which McConnell pounds thru the process. He got what he wanted wrt taxes & would have done the same wrt healthcare if not for McCain.

Should Trump's nefarious dealings be exposed too much McConnell will just expertly slip the knife to Trump & keep getting what he wants from President Pence. I'm sure he 's been thinking about how to handle it if Dems take the HOR. Keeping the Senate in session hurts the Dems more than the GOP, as well, because Dems have more seats at risk this cycle.

 

[Hugo Stiglitz]

My only worry is that the Senate is looking like it will accept a Sessions firing after the midterms.

Then Trump can put in his lacky to interfere with the investigation.

He's got to move his ass IMO.

Even if Trump fires Sessions, Rosenstein, and Mueller right now, it wouldn’t stop the freight train coming full steam ahead for team Trump. Trump would have to burn down the entire Justice Dept to prevent what is coming.

The biggest loss of Trump interfering in the Mueller investigation is the American people will be cheated from getting an exhaustive and objective report from Mueller.

That would be the real tragedy.

 

[Jhhnn]

An interesting article about Mueller-

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/25/us/politics/robert-mueller-russia-investigation.html