After all the rabid pro- and anti-Trump, pro- and anti-Robert Mueller, pro- and anti-William Barr fulminations fade away, one central concern remains. It was the same concern that drove the FBI to begin investigating Russian interference into the 2016 election even before the “Steele dossier” that has long had Trump defenders apoplectic. It is a concern everyone should ponder. It is a concern that speaks very poorly of President Trump.

The concern is embedded in these lines beginning on the very first page of Mueller’s report: “… the investigation established that the Russian government perceived it would benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome, and that the Campaign expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts …”