But for all that, the next 11 weeks could be the most intense and consequential of Donald Trump’s presidency. But even if he doesn’t cooperate, if he is indicted in the coming weeks, that would itself be a serious blow to Trump’s presidency. And his second trial — which will deal more directly with his work in the former Soviet Union and the ways it may have affected his actions as Trump campaign chairman — will begin in mid-September. And if history is any guide, Trump will react to all of it with petulance and resentment, occasionally boiling over into outright rage. But if Democrats have control, they’ll begin holding hearings and mounting investigations of all the Trump scandals.

Source: Washington Post August 20, 2018 13:30 UTC