Legal investigations will continue, but political judgments — by elected officials and the public — will now set the course for Trump’s presidency
By Dan Balz Dan Balz Chief correspondent covering national politics, the presidency and Congress Email Bio Follow March 23 at 12:36 PM The delivery of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report to Attorney General William P. Barr signaled the end of one phase of the long investigation and the beginning of another. What was primarily legal with political overtones now becomes an all-out political battle that ultimately will shape, and perhaps decide, the 2020 presidential election.
Now, if the report’s conclusions and full details recommend no further jeopardy for the president, he will claim a victory — over the Democrats, the media and all his other critics. That is a big if, however, given that the contents remain secret. Which is why at this moment, as with earlier stages of the Mueller investigation, what isn’t known is as important as what is known.
Mueller has done his job. Now it will be left to others to digest, analyze and interpret that work. What comes next may lie in the hands of the Congress, at the start principally House Democratic leaders: Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the chairs of the judiciary, oversight and intelligence committees. Pelosi already has set a high bar for impeachment: She is opposed unless there is evidence that is “so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan” that it justifies that huge step. Without the Mueller report as a foundation, it will be difficult for Democrats in the House to meet that standard. That doesn’t mean they won’t be under pressure from their base to push in that direction.
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