Lawfare‘s Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes present their analysis of this morning’s big reveal. Their conclusion?
We offer no prediction as to how this will play politically or whether such antics will carry any water with Republicans who must be feeling a little uneasy today.
We will say this: Mueller’s opening bid is a remarkable show of strength. He has a cooperating witness from inside the campaign’s interactions with the Russians. And he is alleging not mere technical infractions of law but astonishing criminality on the part of Trump’s campaign manager, a man who also attended the Trump Tower meeting.
Any hope the White House may have had that the Mueller investigation might be fading away vanished this morning. Things are only going to get worse from here.
For those who’ve been waiting for Trump to grow into the job, it must feel like a spike is coming right up out of their chair. This may take longer than I expected, but, unlike Andrew Sullivan, I expect Trump will be leaving office before the end of this term, one way or another.
The only question is whether his supporters come to understand their error in trusting a chronic liar, or if they’ll be obstinate on the entire matter.
