If Congress Won’t Act, Trump Will

It took Rudy Giuliani less than a month after the release of the Mueller report to begin colluding. In a buoyant interview with The New York Times on May 9, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer unveiled his plans to push the incoming Ukrainian government to kick-start an inquiry that, Giuliani hoped, would be politically damaging to the former vice president turned Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden: “We’re not meddling in an election—we’re meddling in an investigation, which we have a right to do,” Giuliani announced. The next day, President Trump told Politico that “it would be appropriate” for him to ask the Justice Department to investigate the Ukraine matter.

After a volley of criticism, Giuliani canceled his voyage to Kiev. (“They say I was meddling in an election—ridiculous—but that’s their spin,” .) But one could be