Mueller Report & the Miseducation of President Donald Trump

The climax of a typical “Maury Show” is when the host reveals to an excited audience and a disputing couple the result of a DNA test that proves who the real father of a child is. If the redacted copy of the Mueller Report were released on the “Maury Show,” it would have happened like this: Maury Povich would have raised the brown envelope up and flapped it in the air to the cheer of his audience. He would have opened it, brought out the paper inside, and read:

On the issue of collusion with Russia, Robert Mueller did not find enough evidence to prove that you, Donald Trump, or your campaign colluded with Russians to rig the 2016 election. But the report noted that your campaign benefited from the Russian intervention in the election and also openly encouraged Russia or any other bad actor in the dark web to interfere in your favor during the election.

This would have drawn loud cheers from Trump’s supporters. Mr. Povich would pause for the cheers to subside. Then, he would read again.

On the issue of obstruction of justice, Robert Mueller did find enough evidence of efforts by you, President Trump, to influence the investigation. There were at least ten episodes of attempts by you to either fire the special counsel or to terminate the investigation itself. In most cases, your subordinates…