Mueller working on final report, Trump hasn't turned in his homework, Whitaker won't recuse
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After months of declaring he was “eager” to talk to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and notably doing everything but talking to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Donald Trump agreed in September to answer questions from Mueller’s team in writing. Though eMueller working on final report, Trump hasn't turned in his homework, Whitaker won't recuse
After months of declaring he was “eager” to talk to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and notably doing everything but talking to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Donald Trump agreed in September to answer questions from Mueller’s team in writing. Though even that took a lot of negotiation, and Trump made it clear he wouldn’t talk about obstruction, not in any format. But even though Trump has had more than two months, he hasn’t turned in the answers to his questions. Which makes CNN’s report that Mueller has begun drafting the final version of his report somewhat problematic. All signs point to an investigation that is winding down, though Mueller hasn't provided any timeline for completing his work. The idea that the Mueller investigation is “winding down” suggests that it’s all over but some final grumbling, but that is far from true. Much of the visible activity surrounding the Mueller investigation over the last few weeks has centered on Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone, his connections with both Russia and WikiLeaks, and his apparently endless series of lies about his levels of contact and access. But there’s been no indictment of Stone at this point. There’s been no indictment of Donald Trump Jr. for lying under oath concerning the Trump Tower meeting and the cover-up of that meeting. There’s been no indictment of Republican consultant Aaron Nevins for knowingly conspiring with Russian hackers to maximize their impact on the election. There’s been no indictment of anyone connected to Cambridge Analytica, despite a plethora of evidence that they were using both stolen social media information and working directly to support Russian efforts. There’s been no visible result from the cooperating testimony of Paul Manafort, which Mueller considered so important that it was taken in closed hearing on the same day as Manafort’s plea deal. There’s been nothing resulting from the cooperating testimony of George Papadopoulos. And nothing at all from the testimony of Michael Flynn—testimony that was considered so valuable that it excused Flynn from potential charges that ranged from illegally acting as a foreign agent right up to attempted kidnapping. The indictments that have been issued so far are just the tip of an iceberg. Robert Mueller may be “winding down,” but he’s unlikely to leave the stage quietly. Read more