President Trump's blatant interruptions into the Robert Mueller investigation suggest he truly believes he's innocent in the Russian collusion claims, according to Paul Rosenzweig, former Senior Counsel to President Bill Clinton. Were he guilty, Trump would be "more cautious" than to so publicly condemn the investigation, Rosenzweig wrote in a new piece for The Atlantic. You can't get much louder than dismissing the investigation as a "witch hunt."
Still, something clearly has Trump unnerved, and Rosenzweig thinks it has something to do with his business dealings.
Wisps of information in the wind suggest a far different, deeper concern. The president’s finances have always been suspect. Some have thought them resting on shaky foundations. Ongoing investigations have looked to his banking and investments as well as those of his closest family. Several of the special counsel’s prosecutorial hires specialize in money-laundering cases—an odd specialty for an election fraud/computer-hacking case (which, basically, is what the Russia investigation amounts to). Perhaps, just perhaps, it is that investigation that has motivated the president’s response. (The Atlantic)
But, he even need not fear money laundering charges, because those too are not likely to get him indicted, however, Rosenzweig predicts. He sees little reason to believe anything is going to result in an indictment for Trump. At most, Mueller will create a report of his findings for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (since Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself.)
On Monday night, the House of Representatives voted to release a memo detailing abuses at the FBI. House Speaker Paul Ryan said the memo may provide some compelling evidence for bias at the agency, but it should be considered separate from the Mueller investigation.
"This is a completely separate matter from Bob Mueller's investigation, and his investigation should be allowed to take his course,” Ryan said.
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