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It’s fantasy to suggest that “collusion” and “obstruction” are ever going to be separable in the context of a turbo-charged impeachment proceeding. There’s no way around it: Dems are moving to impeach Trump on the basis of a debunked conspiracy theory nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-ope…
That said, as I write in the column, I think Trump supporters and perhaps Trump himself are over-confident about the certainty of impeachment somehow “helping” Trump. Anyone who claims they know how this is going to play out politically is blowing smoke out of their you-know-what
I love how the more Serious Impeachment Advocates insist that average citizens are going to sit there and legalistically parse out obstruction from collusion, rather than bundle them both into the same vague Russia/Mueller cluster of issues, which is 100% what's going to happen
Whatever Mueller pronounces today, it won't change the fact that zero Americans were indicted for conspiracy with Russia, and it won't change that his Report destroyed the entire "collusion" narrative. But Dems will latch onto anything he says to further their impeachment crusade
Mueller still occupies the Special Counsel position (and thus remains an employee of the Justice Department) so it's possible that he just announces his work is complete and he is leaving the DOJ. Which will make it easier to get him to testify before Congress
Mueller just gave impeachment-crazy Democrats a fresh injection of Russia fever. Initiation of impeachment proceedings is likelier than ever now. Mueller specifically tailored his statement to instigate impeachment: I don't see how anyone could read it otherwise
In this statement Nadler says it's a "lie" to suggest that the Mueller Report showed "no collusion." It therefore stands to reason that in any forthcoming impeachment proceeding, which Nadler would oversee, "collusion" would be a major component. See?
