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1) SHORT THREAD: I've said versions of this over the last two years, but it's worth restating my bias in the Mueller probe, as we await the final report, which might be just hours away now: I hope Mueller finds nothing....
2) And I think every American should hope Mueller finds nothing—Trump supporters, Democrats, reporters, pundits, all of us have a dog in this fight—and we should hope Trump's innocent, that there is "no collusion"....
3) I hope Mueller comes out and says everything around Trump and Russia is a big, awkward, odd series of coincidences and misunderstandings, that Trump never conspired with Russia, never obstructed justice, and the Trump campaign didn't know about the GRU/IRA attacks....
4) I've said from the start Mueller is a straight-shooter and if he hasn't found anything, we should all trust that conclusion. I will. (In many ways, Trump should be happy he's been investigated by Mueller and not the Democratic version of Ken Starr.
5) We should all hope "there is no collusion" and Trump is innocent because the alternatives are awful and democracy-shaking. The best thing for our country is that Trump is innocent and that Mueller tells us he's found nothing.
(This is not to say that a clean bill from Mueller fully excuses Trump — @sallyqyates has long argued a president should be held to a higher standard than simply not found to have committed a federal felony beyond a reasonable doubt, which I agree too.)
6) Unfortunately, I just don't think "no collusion" is the likeliest answer. As I've said, I think we're already well into the the worst-case scenarios. The only real question is: How bad is it? wired.com/story/manafort…
