Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey and Rosalind S. Helderman go inside Trump’s legal team: Trying to protect the president from Mueller’s “killers”. Trump wants to fight Robert Mueller by appointing a Bizarro Mueller. Trump is trying to make the FBI investigation partisan — and it’s working. Fox’s pro-Trump hosts are working overtime to discredit Robert Mueller (and more). A dangerous Republican assault on Mueller is building. The partisan, nihilist case against Robert Mueller: Attacks on the special counsel aren’t about misconduct — instead, they’re aimed at discrediting the very idea of professionalism. Trump will have a hard time stopping the Russia investigation — even if he fires Mueller. America is heading for an unprecedented constitutional crisis: The Republican Party is ready to serve as an accomplice to obstruction of justice.
