one thing this does do for the president s legal team is it gives them a little exit ramp or breathing room with the president, because we re told from the inside there is no diminishment in the president s hunger to interview, to sit down with mueller, to go face-to-face. an astonishing sdmeen ining sc woodward s book where the president s legal team tries to do a mock session to convince him it wouldn t go well, which it didn t. hmm. does anybody thank you, mike allen. happy, happy friday. does anybody think bob mueller s going to back down on any point? of course not. no. all approval ratings are going in his direction. bob mueller s not backing down. gets delayed, that works to trump s detriment. the back and forth whether or not he ll submit to ar interview or wants to is tedious. you want to talk to bob mueller,