The dumbest firing

At this juncture, the original justification for the special-counsel probe, alleged collusion with the Russians, appears to be fading over the horizon. Mueller hasn’t charged anyone with crimes related to collusion, even figures who would presumably be central to any conspiracy, including Flynn and Paul Manafort. Absent collusion, an obstruction case is likely to be attenuated — what was Trump’s corrupt motive? — and not result in his impeachment and removal or criminal charges.

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Even if Trump is dead set on ending the investigation, firing Mueller may not achieve it. The Office of Special Counsel doesn’t simply vaporize without Mueller at its head. Someone would take his place, unless Trump directly ordered that the entire investigation be terminated. Such a move would roil the Department of Justice more than just removing Mueller and almost certainly become the basis of impeachment charges if Democrats took the House in the fall.

And it would make that outcome more likely.

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