Editorial Board
In Defense of Robert Mueller
The growing attacks don't stand up to scrutiny.
Let him finish his work.
Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesRobert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election is coming under growing attack from those most blinded by partisanship and -- in the case of the White House -- self-interest. Their motivations do not automatically render them wrong. A dispassionate review of the facts, however, does.
Their assaults fall into three main categories. The first two are easily rebuffed. The third lands a punch -- but not the knockout blow they seek.