According to a report from CNN, el Presidente Trumpo is being told by his lawyers that he’s SO much in the clear that he believes Mueller will congratulate him with an awesome letter of exoneration.
Trump is boasting to friends and advisers that he expects Mueller to clear him of wrongdoing in the coming weeks, according to sources familiar with the conversations. The President seems so convinced of his impending exoneration that he is telling associates Mueller will soon write a letter clearing him that Trump can brandish to Washington and the world in a bid to finally emerge from the cloud of suspicion that has loomed over the first chapter of his presidency, the sources said.
Now, this is one of those anonymously sourced reports. I don’t believe they make these up completely, and not all of them have been proven false. But some have.
They claim a lot of sources for the story:
This account of how Trump and his senior staffers are privately grappling with the Russia investigation is based on interviews over the past week with nearly three dozen White House officials, lawmakers, outside advisers, friends of the President and sources familiar with the Mueller probe.
BUT, the followup sounds like a lot of wishful thinking:
Three sources familiar with the President’s recent conversations about the investigation said Trump has become convinced that he will receive a letter of exoneration, which would be unusual. One source worried Trump would have a “meltdown” if that doesn’t happen.
“He’ll try and fire Mueller and then be impeached,” this person predicted.
Trump has straight out said he won’t fire Mueller – did that depend on his believe that he would be exonerated? I guess we’ll find out soon.
Here’s a video of the news report:
Trump predicts exoneration in Russia investigation#KeepingThemHonest, there's no indication from Robert Mueller that the probe is in its final stages https://t.co/BdguaGLXRE https://t.co/JjNO4uARlq
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) December 19, 2017