I wish I could share your optimism Larry but I consider the Tony Podesta Event as an attempt by Mueller to actually do something (given the total lack of Trump-Russia evidence) while remaining as far away from Hillary-Obama-Uranium as possible.
Here is my simple explanation of that view that I posted yesterday in the Byron York article. I would lump the Tony Podesta initiative in with Byron York's observation that Mueller is moving his focus away from Trump and to the Russians interference in the 2016 election - his attempt to do something while staying as far away from Hillary as possible. And I would add, while staying well away from his own involvement in the Uranium deal.
Here is my post from yesterday.
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Byron York, a pretty darn smart guy, is on to something. Here is my easy explanation for his observation taken from Muellers Perspective:
Trump + Russia = Dead End.
Russia + 2016 = The Obvious Fallback to avoid the nightmare of ...
Russia + Uranium + Hillary + Bill = Game, Set, Match for Trump
Except York from the beginning is a neverTrumper, so everything he writes MUST be viewed through that prism of “Trump’s just not that smart.”
He’s wrong.