Whatever.
To the surprise of absolutely nobody, the US remains polarized. Trump may not have colluded with the Russians (at least intentionally), but quite a substantial case was made for obstruction of justice. It’s also entirely predictable that the Mueller report does nothing to change people’s mind about what they think of Trump – his supporters say he has been cleared of all crimes, everyone else thinks there is ample evidence of suspicious behavior. It seems particularly alarming that Trump may only have been partially redeemed because his staffers refused to carry out all his orders. And that he believes the Justice Department and FBI should answer to his orders, regardless of “independence”. And as the report makes abundantly clear – Russia wanted to help Trump win the presidency, and Trump’s campaign was willing to take that help. It seems indisputable that he won the presidency thanks in part to Russian influence, with or without collusion. Perhaps the person to come out of this worse is William Barr, the supposedly independent attorney general, whose attempts to spin the report and its conclusions are disgraceful. I still want to see a full uncensored report released – but I doubt that will ever see the light of day, probably confined to that same vacuum as Trump’s tax returns and a proper FBI investigation into Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
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