“The president clearly feels vindicated now that the Mueller report is completed,” said Eric Bolling, a former Fox News host, who recently taped a radio interview with Mr. Trump. “No amount of spin by the opponents is going to change that.”But critics said the strategy is classic Trump — effective with a narrow audience, but ultimately self-limiting. “Whatever Trump may have thought when he claimed total exoneration two weeks ago, subsequent events strongly suggest that claim will fall flat on its face,” he said. Emmet T. Flood, the White House counsel, is expected to spend the day reading the report and to brief the president on its findings. The White House has not asked to read the report in advance, and aides are planning to speed read.

Source: New York Times April 14, 2019 19:41 UTC