Mueller's investigation isn't going to 'wrap up'--Today's LA Times, OP-ED

[CaliforniaPeggy]

The inquiry isn’t going to end simply or painlessly for Trump.

By Harry Litman

Thursday marks the one-year anniversary of the appointment of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. The milestone has emboldened White House critics of the probe to declare, as Vice President Mike Pence did on NBC News, that “it is time to wrap it up.”
Never mind that the Mueller investigation is, comparatively, in its infancy. The Whitewater probe of Bill and Hillary Clinton, for example, began in 1994 and ended more than six years later. Mueller’s 12 months of work has turned up more clear wrongdoing than Kenneth Starr ever did: There have been 20 indictments and 5 guilty pleas, including prominent senior members of the campaign and administration, and that doesn’t take into account the wealth of information that Mueller has yet to make public.
Some Republicans suggest that public opinion is shifting, that Trump’s refrain of “witch hunt” may be gaining purchase. As the president’s latest mouthpiece Rudolph W. Giuliani crowed, “We’ve gone from defense to offense.”
“Wrap it up” advocates can point to a slight uptick in Trump’s approval ratings, and a downtick in public support for the investigation. They seem to think that if Mueller doesn’t close up shop soon in response to political pressure, Trump’s position is strong enough that he could put an end to it, perhaps by firing the special counsel or the special counsel’s boss, Deputy Atty. Gen. Rod Rosenstein, and weather any storm the move occasions.
They’re wrong. The probe isn’t going to end soon, simply or painlessly for this president. Trump remains in great peril.
Anyone paying attention over the last year knows Mueller will not yield to political pressure. His investigators haven’t leaked; they have ignored vicious personal attacks; they haven’t veered in the slightest from prosecutorial professionalism.

All of it at the link: http://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?pubid=50435180-e58e-48b5-8e0c-236bf740270e (Scroll down for the article.)

[dawg day]

1. Giuliani "offense"

... can also be pronounced "obstruction of justice".

Trump might postpone indictment for awhile. But Jar-Jar and Junior won't. They both lied under oath, at a bare minimum, and what they lied about are crimes in and of themselves.

[BigmanPigman]

2. Some die-hard trump haters have asked me

what I will do if everyone except the fucking moron is nailed but he somehow skirts getting busted himself. I think people are starting to lose faith...not me. I am stubborn and determined to see this end justly.

[Merlot]

4. I actually think that's what's going to happen

Everyone around trumpft will be brought down, as will his fortunes. More buildings will remove his name. And I'm ok with that outcome.

[CousinIT]

3. Shareable link. . .

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-litman-mueller-anniversary-20180516-story.html

[Gothmog]

5. For this thread

Link to tweet

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. That is an excellent graphic! Thank you, my dear Gothmog for sharing it.