Close to the Wire

For John, BLUF:  Regarding the Mueller Report, I win either way, unless the books have been cooked.  The truth is inherently good.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Mueller's Final Report Will Ignite an Epic War Over Disclosure

Here is the sub-headline:

• Attorney General Barr will decide how much to release and when
• Democrats in Congress threaten to subpoena Mueller if needed

From Bloomberg, by Reporters Chris Strohm and Larry Liebert, 3 March 2019.

Here is the lede plus two:

When Special Counsel Robert Mueller closes up shop and submits his long-awaited final report -- possibly within days -- it will be only the start of an explosive chain of events.

There will be a struggle in Congress, on cable TV and social media and probably in the courts over how much must be disclosed from what will begin as a secret report to Attorney General William Barr.

There also will be an epic political fight over whether the findings implicate President Donald Trump in wrongdoing that may even merit his impeachment, as some Democrats say, or clear him after a 21-month investigation that he and other Republicans call a “witch hunt.

Then the Writers go on to suggest the various ways this could unravel.

The thing that would be most interesting to me would be to look at how we got here in the first place.  What were the early machinations of the Hillary Clinton Campaign/Democratic Party and of the Department of Justice, or a combination of the two.  Or, maybe it would be better to not know, given the damage such a revelation would do to our society.

I am still pulling for Special Counsel Robert Mueller to be a straight shooter  At least his public side avoids the press.

Regards  —  Cliff