It was a good bet from the beginning that Donald Trump’s legal team would be telling Trump that special counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment of 13 Russians for election interference meant that Trump and his inner circle would be cleared and the investigation would wrap up soon, but consider it confirmed after the Daily Beast got a comment from Trump lawyer John Dowd:
The criminal complaint, Dowd said, “speaks for itself,” adding that, “I think the special counsel found the culprits. I think he did a good job. I think he did a hell of a job.” [...] Dowd said he was confident the president would be pleased with the news. “I’m sure he is happy,” he said. “We’ve had a lot of faith in Bob Mueller and his team and it makes you feel good when they do a good job. They got these bastards who tried to hurt the country.”
Ha ha ha ha ha. Which is funnier? The notion that yes, that’s it, all done, those 13 Russians were the only story and Mueller’s indictments of Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn are just sort of a little side note that’s not going anywhere? Or the “We’ve had a lot of faith in Bob Mueller and his team” part? Solid arguments can be made for either part, but I would have to lean toward the latter, after Trump tried to fire Mueller and was thwarted by his faithful White House counsel’s threat to resign, but continued to wage a campaign to undermine and discredit the investigation. Reasonable people can disagree on this one, though.