A SUPERB PIECE – AT 12:07 P.M. ET:  Rarely do we get a piece from a lawyer with the clarity that Victoria Toensing displays in her article about the special prosector and President Trump, done for Fox. 

Special Counsel Robert Mueller wants to interview President Trump. We know that is true because the areas of inquiry that Mueller is interested in have been leaked. But the questions Mueller is looking at are not about the issue the special counsel was supposed to examine: collusion with Russians to fix the 2016 presidential election.

Rather, the Washington Post reports that Mueller “is seeking to question President Trump in the coming weeks about his decisions to oust national security adviser Michael Flynn and FBI Director James B. Comey, according to two people familiar with his plans.”

The two acts, according to the Post, are related to “efforts by the president or others to hamper the special counsel’s probe.”

How can that be? Flynn had nothing to do with the special counsel’s probe. And firing the head of the FBI does not thwart what all the people under him are doing. So what is the alleged illegality here that could possibly “hamper” or obstruct the investigation?

It is beside the point at this time that there is no such crime as colluding. It is beside the point at this time that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was so negligent in his drafting the appointment of Mueller that he did not limit the investigation in either scope or time.

COMMENT:  Please read the whole thing.  This is one of the most important works of good journalism that I've seen in recent months.  Send it to friends.  It is a clear explanation of the risks to President Trump and democracy itself presented by the special counsel's office.

We are in strange times.  The term "McCarthyism" comes to mind.

January 28,  2018