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The Mueller Report Episode

Behind the Bastards

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The Mueller Investigation

The Mueller investigation seems to be concluding that like what Trump did was obstruction in this specific instance, although again, it doesn't call it that because it's not going to make a prosecutorial judgment. Well, the president said he hoped Comey could let Flynn go rather than affirmatively directing him to do so. The circumstances of the conversation show that the president was asking Comey to close the FBI's investigation into Flint. He did repeatedly complain that the Mueller investigation was making his job as president impossible. If he had been able to, most of the bad behavior in this section would not have occurred.

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