The filing of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on whether there was collusion between President Donald Trump and the Russians to interfere with the 2016 election should put an end to speculations, accusations, and outrage. The report finds that there was no collusion. But long live speculations, accusations, and outrage.
As soon as Attorney General William Barr summed up the report for Congress, Trump administration allies started to call for the heads of those who had fed the rumor mill for months. On their end, the Democrats didn’t wait long to warn the administration that this wasn’t over and that they would continue investigating the president for alleged obstruction of justice. That’s their prerogative, obviously.
Yet, writes Veronique de Rugy, it’s hard to feel that this obsession with the Mueller report and Russians is not just another excuse for each side to continue talking about everything except policy issues. We can argue that since the Republicans lost control of the House, there’s little chance of legislative reforms getting through. Still, that’s no reason to not try fixing what needs to be fixed or do what needs to be done.
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