Now that President Trump has openly, explicitly confirmed in plain, intelligible language that he is seriously considering trying to remove special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, it is instructive to revisit all the times Republicans assured us that this couldn’t possibly happen.
This morning, Trump once again tweeted furiously about the Russia investigation, blasting it as a “A TOTAL WITCH HUNT!!!” and railing that “Attorney-client privilege is dead!” Trump was referring to the news that the FBI raided the home and office of his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, and seized documents that include communications between the two men. The FBI is reportedly investigating whether Cohen committed bank fraud and campaign-finance violations related to his hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels before the election, among possible other matters.