The special counsel is going to keep digging until Trump stops this. It’s a new year with a new Congress, but it’s the same question: When is Special Counsel Robert Mueller going to file his much-anticipated final report?
My 2018 answer was: When he’s good and ready.
I have a caveat for 2019, though: Maybe when President Trump stops giving him additional reasons to keep digging.

Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona on Sunday said confirming federal judges is important but it doesn’t override his concern that President Trump replaced Jeff Sessions with acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to curtail special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Lawyers for President Trump are expected to submit written answers early next week to questions posed by special counsel Robert Mueller, according to a person familiar with the matter, pushing back their self-imposed deadline as they finalize their responses.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, who is in line to become chairman of the House Judiciary Committee in the next Congress, says the committee plans to immediately summon acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to testify about the special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections.

Sen. Susan Collins announced her support Friday for legislation that would protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being summarily ousted by President Trump or new acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker.

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump awoke Wednesday facing the most legally precarious moment of his presidency as his allies began to formulate a strategy to bolster his weakened standing.