Bold Strategy, Cotton: Trump Thinks He Can Convince Mueller He’s on a “Witch Hunt”

OH – Please let this happen!

There are several sure things you can count on from President Trump, due to the sea of sycophancy he swims in daily. He is convinced that he’s A) above the law, and B) he can bend anyone in Washington to his will.

Currently, this battle is going on with his legal team, and the very real possibility exists that they will be unable to save him from himself for very much longer.

The New York Times has been reporting on the struggle between Trump, his legal team, and special counsel Robert Mueller, as it pertains to the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

President Trump’s legal team have their own ideas about how to work this thing out. Their strategy is to keep as much distance between Donald Trump and Robert Mueller as possible, given their man is a huge part of this investigation.

The president, however, has the complete opposite idea.

Trump is urging his legal team to allow him to have a sit-down interview with Mueller in an effort to clear himself of any wrongdoing, according to the Times’s sources.

Three people briefed on the matter told the newspaper that Trump believes he can convince Mueller’s investigators that their own inquiry is a deliberate attack against him.

Derpity-derpity-doo!

That’s right. Roll that one around, for a bit.

President Trump thinks he can pull a Jedi mind trick on the seasoned former FBI boss, who was instrumental in bringing down the Gambino crime family. He’s going to convince him that everything he’s been doing for the past year is part of a “hoax.”

In recent weeks, President Trump’s legal team have shifted from not allowing the president to sit with Mueller, to only written questions, to “Ok, we’ll let you talk to him, but no questions about obstruction.”

Trump, himself, probably blew that one out of the water on Wednesday, when he began a wild rant on Twitter and appealed to Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end the Russia probe.

Sessions recused himself from the Russia probe early, after it appeared that he would be called as a witness. While still stumping for Trump’s campaign team during the election season, he had contacts with several Russian officials and didn’t bother to tell anyone during his confirmation process.

He was right to recuse himself, but neither Trump nor the swirling sewer of supporters understand the concept of conflicts of interest.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was put in charge of all things Russia probe-related, and appointed special counsel after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey.

Trump, with his best, good brain, couldn’t resist contradicting his own staff and told NBC News’ Lester Holt that he fired Comey because of the “Russia thing.”

Hence the need for special counsel, and the reason “obstruction” became a topic of interest.

The Times, The Washington Post and the Associated Press all reported this week that Mueller has agreed to place some limitations on the types of questions he would ask during a potential interview.

Mueller has reportedly said he would be willing to accept some of the president’s answers to questions in writing but the topics for the questions remain the same — including some about possible obstruction of justice and possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

After Trump’s raging Twitter rant this week, he probably pretty much solidified Mueller’s desire to talk about obstruction. He’s giving him all the ammunition he could ever need.

I can’t see how Trump’s legal team resists him, for very much longer. Trump will be Trump, even to his own detriment.