Mueller Report

The report is in the hands of the Attorney General. He will decide what and how it will be handled. Meanwhile endless chatter by newsies and the twitter chief will continue unabated until actions become clear within the circles of government that have the authority to deal with these matters.

It is not for us to know until it is right to do so. And I have no doubt we will learn much in the coming days, weeks and months.


It will take years for historians to digest the Mueller Report and why it came to be. The principals of this era will be long gone by the time we fully understand it all. If you doubt me, recall the Nixon Era and all the hubbub surrounding Watergate and the call for impeachment. He wasn’t impeached; but he was forced to resign. Political scientists and historians are still struggling to understand all the nuance of that era. The trump era will likely unfold in a similar manner.


For now we must exercise patience as people skilled at this sort of work do their jobs. Patience. Calm. Deep breaths.


My own immediate take on what we know of the report – and that’s very little – is the process provided by protocol, Department of Justice, and the Constitution, will follow a calm, determined path through all of the data, records, findings and recommendations. Others will read much into all of this material, but that only adds to the noise already over-hyped by news organizations.


The Mueller report will not lead to impeaching the president. So political enemies need to stop salivating. Allow the professionals in government to do their jobs. They are trained and able to handle the tasks ahead. This is what a government founded on law looks like. It is the structure behind the structure we citizens see. It is the bone and sinew of what makes the American form of government work. So relax and watch the story unfold. It will. And we will eventually understand the history we are experiencing.


Jumping ahead a few years I think we will see serious prosecutions affecting the Trump family, organization and business empire. I think this will cause cracks in the veneer of their smug entitlement. Supporters of the trump clan will then see what the rest of us have feared – self-serving sanctimonious play-acting.


How much lasting damage this era of our history will have caused America remains to be calculated. For many of us, disgust remains a constant of our vigil to get back to normal. Not hate, mind you. Disgust.


March 27, 2019