Meadows also said it was “disheartening” that Mueller called the report “my testimony,” specifying that he would “would not provide information beyond that which is already public in any appearance before Congress.” That’s not disheartening—it’s encouraging that Mueller said this. Because the facts in his report speak for themselves. The accounts in Volume I of the report, which reveal a campaign all too happy to solicit and receive the aid of a foreign adversary to boost its chances of winning an election, speak for themselves. The examples of obstruction of justice in Volume II of the report speak for themselves. “Does not exonerate” speaks for itself. Here’s the bottom line, folks: We need facts, not fireworks. Mueller will be doing a public service by sticking to them and saying them out loud.

Meadows added another thing: that Mueller has “been courted by the other side so they can harass the president and keep all this narrative.” Remember: There are no “sides” from Robert Mueller’s perspective. He was a special counsel appointed by the Justice Department—the country’s largest independent law enforcement agency—to conduct an investigation. And oh, the irony: Mueller’s own probe discovered that President Trump wanted him fired, and Trump obstructed justice to try to make it happen. There is no evidence that Mueller somehow has been “courted” or swayed by anyone. There is ample evidence, though—provided by the president’s own people, under oath—that he was deterred by Trump himself. And it didn’t stop Mueller from doing his job.