CONGRESS/FBI/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump was on Capitol Hill on Tuesday [3-26-19], just 36 hours removed from one of the best moments of his presidency: Attorney General Bill Barr announcing — via a letter to Congress — that special counsel Robert Mueller did not establish any conspiracy or coordination between the President’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government. And yet, despite that clear political victory, Trump proved old habits die hard. He insisted the investigation, which was begun by the FBI and taken over by Mueller after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, was the result of some sort of targeted effort by high-ranking officials to bring him down…As with almost all his conspiracy theories, Trump offered zero proof of his claim, which, if true, would be a massive deal. Think what he is alleging: The outgoing administration somehow targeted the incoming President simply because they disagreed with his policies. That’s a HUGE story (if true)…He doesn’t provide evidence for these claims because a) none seems to exist and b) his supporters don’t require it. Remember when Trump made a similarly outlandish claim that then-President Barack Obama had ordered his phone at Trump Tower tapped during the 2016 campaign? Trump never offered any proof of that allegation and intelligence and national security officials denied it happened. Didn’t matter. To this day, lots and lots of Trump supporters believe Obama did it.”
–Chris Cillizza, “Donald Trump still sees conspiracy in Mueller probe,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, March 26, 2019 9:48 pm