The Mueller Mystery Deepens

An unnamed senior Justice Department official spoke to a number of DOJ reporters a short time ago and said the DOJ does not expect Bob Mueller to file a report or end his probe next week. Let’s try to put together what this means.

First, this is clearly meant to push back against or correct the report from earlier this week from CNN. But it’s important to remember what CNN reported. That was that the report could come “as soon as next week.”