GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Unlike the president, Robert Mueller hasn’t uttered one word in public about his Russia investigation in the year since he was appointed special counsel. And that is rattling just about everyone involved. What’s he up to? When will he bring the probe to and end? He doesn’t have to say, and he’s not. A year into the investigation, the stern-looking prosecutor is everywhere and nowhere at the same time. In that time, the breadth and stealth of his investigation have unsettled the White House and its chief occupant, and have spread to Capitol Hill, K Street, foreign governments and, as late as last week, corporate boardrooms. With lawmakers eying midterm elections and President Donald Trump publicly mulling whether he will sit for an interview with Mueller, Republican calls are growing for the special counsel to end his investigation. Vice President Mike Pence and others have said it publicly. GOP lawmakers insist they’ve seen no evidence of collusion between Russians and Trump’s 2016 election campaign. The longer the investigation runs, those calls are likely to amplify. House Speaker Paul Ryan, who has steadfastly supported the special counsel, seemed to change his tone a bit Thursday. [5-17-18]”
-Mary Clare Jalonick amd Eric Tucker, “One year into Russia probe, Washington is rattled, uncertain,” The Associated Press, May 17, 2018 3:16 pm