If RR was bad, he was defiitely used by Trump and his people, same with Mueller. They could have been fired if they had legal wrongdoing in past. But weren’t fired. So....leveraged I assume. But I could be wrong about that, too!
leveraged / actors is where I often end up. I think that’s reinforced by the push that RR is black hat - he may be but if/as this is a show, then it’s seemed like a magician doing sleight of hand and always directing the audience to something else. I know of nothing that has been presented to suggest RR is anything but black hat & the things seen + considered to that effect are largely of one’s own deducing. That often ends up being a tiebreaker for me ... but you know I flip & flop ... what a movie! WWG1WGA :)