Nothing is what Trump would have us believe. Whittaker is not in any position to do anything, yet. His so-called appointment is not legal. Mueller doesn't have to listen to anything he says (according to Lawrence Tribe.)

But how come the widely expected indictments didn’t occur this week? I’m struggling to find an explanation. Trump fired Sessions the day after the election, which we all knew would happen, but Mueller reacted to that with silence. Something must have occurred to him to prevent action in this ‘break glass’ moment that Rachel discussed this week.

He’s a very by the book guy (Mueller) and I could see him acquiescing to Whittaker since the DOJ says he’s the complete acting AG. Being by-the-book, Mueller will probably respect Whittaker’s wishes unless and until it has been established by a court of law that Whittaker’s appointment is unconstitutional.

There are no indictments waiting to be handed down. That's just wishful thinking. Mueller has done all he's going to. He'll file a report to Congress which may or may not -- and more likely will not -- be made available to the public. It's all over folks. We've been played for fools.

For a year and a half people have been predicting on a weekly basis that Mueller is going to hand down indictments. About a month ago they started saying that the convention of not messing with the election would be observed and Mueller would don an invisibility cloak until after the election.

Well, the election's over. Where are the indictments? If he actually has them to hand out, there is simply no reason to delay.

I don't believe that Whitaker (or anyone other than Mueller) could stop the investigation or the issuance of indictments at this point. But there's not much point in unsealing indictments when the GOP will just say that they're not valid.

It's just amazing to me the PRIVILEGE that Trump and other people like Whitaker and Kavanaugh feel. Obviously they've never been held accountable for their actions in their lives, and so they keep on putting themselves in the spotlight no matter what their previous crimes.

It'll be a long time coming, but I know that eventually justice will be served. For all of them.

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Instead of suppositions about behind-the-scenes machinations, how about: the rumors lacked sound foundation and were wrong. Just the usual bullshit. There's credible reporting about Don Jr. being in jeopardy, but that's it.

Mueller is going right on about his business and, as my grandmother would say, he ain't studying them.

Not legal, but it may delay any action by mueller while he and rosenstein sort out who's in charge, which may require a federal court.

The Whittaker appointment is making them recalculate things. I suppose, on a hopeful end of things, they may be counting on the senate to confirm someone who vows to protect the Mueller investigation at confirmation and will just wait Whittaker out until his term expires.

Dump and his Nazi aren't stronger than the Justice System.

It will get to the Democrats in the house. It can come out through the grand jury the way it did with Nixon. Trump may temporarily stop the indictments from coming out, but he wont stop the truth.

I would know the Democrat would be going down sooner or later, especially with the way Trump is acting. He is freaking out right now.

It was reported this week that he was putting his report together.
Whittaker has no power here.
Trump is playing games.
Patience...

There’s nothing Whittaker can do about it. Mueller’s office is fully funded through next September.

As to indictemnts timeline, that was a rumor spread by Giuliani, who is notorious for talking out his ass, and Junior whining that he knows he’s in trouble. Don’t base any conclusions on their blather.

Besides, the special counsel has to justify itself in court. Settle that, then their actions cannot be disputed.

And he was NEVER going to come out with anything that could cause real harm to the right unless forced. There are no saviors, only us getting voters to the polls.

Mainly because his base won’t care, so Senate Republicans won’t care. At most there will be impeachment by the House and no conviction by the Senate.

But, the damage to the rule of law by Whitaker is the thing that concerns me.

I’ve been listening to Rachel Maddow’s podcast on Spiro Agnew. The attorney general, Elliott Richardson, was such a hero. Who would think one could yearn for the days of Watergate?

The other thing I hold out hope for is his tax returns. If that showed his enterprise is a shell game, maybe that would start to crack the foundations of his base. If his base is gone, the Republicans would, as they say, eat their wounded.