Note the assumption that Trump has something to hide.
The writer is just as loony as Haberman and Schmidt. He criticizes their premises and then give his on weird ones, always assuming in “harsh” terms that Trump did something wrong.
You can’t have it both ways and to quote the sleazy lawyer Bob Bauer is like quoting Jeffrey Dahmer on proper eating etiquette.
If your premises are wrong in the beginning, they aren’t going to be correct later on.
This is a sign of mental illness, perhaps Trump Derangement Syndrome or just mental diseases suffered by NYT writers and Slate writers.
And that he is stupid. Note this gem from the article:
"Trump, they write, allowed McGahn to speak to Mueller’s team, though the president may not have grasped the extent of his cooperation."