I am allowing myself to feel some optimism. Trump's nominee for Attorney General -- former Attorney General William H. Barr -- has just released a statement that sounds very strong in its commitment 1) to allowing Mueller to complete his investigation, and 2) to making public -- as fully as the law allows -- the report Mueller hands in.
I don't like everything about this guy by a long shot, but I really am tempted to believe that Barr is going to protect the rule of law and not intervene to protect the President who appointed him.
We shall see what the Senators elicit from him. And then we will see if he does have as much integrity as -- given his whole history -- I'm giving him credit for.
Here's the article where I found Barr's reassuring words.