Opinion: The Mueller report is in its supernova stage
By Ed Rogers Ed Rogers Opinion writer focusing on politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer April 18 at 3:39 PM With Attorney General William P. Barr’s news conference Thursday and the release of the redacted special counsel report, the Russia collusion saga has reached its supernova stage. For a while, there will be a burst of light and a swelling of attention over the report’s findings on this or that unflattering data point, but the whole sad affair is probably destined to fade.
Barr’s conclusion that there was neither collusion nor obstruction means the hopes and dreams of President Trump’s critics — that he would be indicted — have reached a dead end. On Thursday, Barr said clearly that the Russians “did not have the cooperation of President Trump or the Trump campaign — or the knowing assistance of any other Americans for that matter.
It is probably too much to hope that the news media and the permanent campaign establishment will move on from Mueller and Russia and talk about something else. And it is no secret that there is a substantial block of the angry left represented by Democrats in the House who want to impeach the president for something. The problem is that the “something” is still proving to be elusive.
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