This move became inevitable once Rosenstein was embroiled in the Comey firing.
.. Frankly, the White House has every reason to panic. No one will intimidate or throw Mueller off course.
.. every member of the staff, the vice president and the president will brace themselves for interrogation, production of potentially damaging documents and, incidentally, big legal bills.
.. He now goes overseas — something the homebody Trump reportedly dreaded — as a wounded president with an uncertain future. Nothing could be more disconcerting to allies than dealing with an impulsive, ignorant president — one whose future is far from certain.