President Trump has inflicted immense damage on the rule of law and on our democratic norms, but to date the system — Trump calls it the “deep state,” the rest of us call it constitutional government — has held. Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, despite threats, insults and president’s refusal to sit for an interview, completed his work. Trump can holler all he wants, but we will never know if he could have won without the help of the Kremlin. We have yet to find out whether Trump personally directed or had knowledge of his associates’ contacts with Russia. We have yet to find out whether, but for Justice Department policy against indicting a sitting president, Trump would have been charged with obstruction or other crimes.

Source: Washington Post March 24, 2019 11:37 UTC