Former Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) told Fox News that President Trump should consider opening himself up to being indicted for obstruction of justice.

Said Gowdy: “I’d take my chances with 12 reasonable minded fellow citizens than I would the House Democrats.”

He added: “You can waive any right you have. You have the right to remain silent, but you can talk to the police if you want to. You have a right to a jury trial, but you can plead guilty if you want to. I’ll bet the president has a right to say, go ahead, indict me. If you have enough — the Supreme Court’s never said that I can’t be indicted. This is DOJ. I’m the head of DOJ. I run the executive branch. If you have enough to indict me, go ahead and do it. At least you’ll have some clarity.”

President Trump revealed he has no idea how impeachment actually works, insisting to reporters, “I can’t imagine the courts allowing it.”

Of course, the courts have nothing to do with impeachment, which is the domain of Congress.

President Trump tweeted that he “had nothing to do with Russia helping me get elected” while slamming special counsel Robert Mueller again.

Tweeted Trump: “The Greatest Presidential Harassment in history. After spending $40,000,000 over two dark years, with unlimited access, people, resources and cooperation, highly conflicted Robert Mueller would have brought charges, if he had ANYTHING, but there were no charges to bring!”

Axios: “While it’s not the first time Trump has admitted that Russia interfered in 2016, it’s the first time Trump has stated it could have helped him win.”

New York Times: “At long last, the sphinx of Washington spoke on Wednesday, and here is what President Trump heard: ‘Case closed.’ Here is what the president’s adversaries heard: ‘Time to impeach.'”

“The much-anticipated public debut of Robert Mueller as special counsel proved as polarizing and unsatisfying as almost everything else about the two-year investigation he led into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election in support of Mr. Trump’s candidacy.”

Playbook: “At the end of the day, all Robert Mueller really did was reiterate what was in Volume II of his report: He wasn’t allowed to indict the president for anything, so the special counsel’s office didn’t consider it. To the extent that he leaned into the idea of impeachment, all he did was note the fact that it was up to others — i.e., Congress — to figure that out.”

“Maybe Robert Mueller is exactly who we thought he was: someone who follows rules to the letter, and views his mission in the narrowest terms possible. And maybe folks on the left are investing too much of their hopes in a guy who just doesn’t want the entire weight of American democracy on his shoulders — and never has.”

The Atlantic: “Wednesday’s press conference was consistent with Mueller’s image as a classic just-the-facts-ma’am G-man, a persona that frustrates anti-Trump partisans who dreamed of him as an avenging superhero.”

Special counsel Robert Mueller publicly stated that he will not speak beyond what’s contained in his report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Said Mueller: “The report is my testimony.”

New York Times: “Mueller reemphasized the report’s main findings, including that there was not enough evidence to prove a criminal conspiracy with Russia’s interference and that he made no decision on possible obstruction of justice because of a Justice Department policy on not indicting sitting presidents.”

Mueller also announced his retirement from the Justice Department.

“Four months before a Chinese woman was accused of lying to get into Mar-a-Lago, an 18-year-old college freshman in November fooled Secret Service agents into thinking he was a club member and wandered the grounds for 20 minutes before he was arrested.,” the Palm Beach Post reports.

“An apologetic Mark Lindblom on Tuesday told a federal magistratethat he had no evil intentions when he decided to try and enter the club on the day after Thanksgiving while President Donald Trump and his family were visiting. The Washington, D.C. teenager said he just wanted to see if he could do it.”

James Comey: “It is tempting for normal people to ignore our president when he starts ranting about treason and corruption at the FBI. But we shouldn’t, because millions of good people believe what a president of the United States says.”

“In normal times, that’s healthy. But not now, when the president is a liar who doesn’t care what damage he does to vital institutions. We must call out his lies that the FBI was corrupt and committed treason, that we spied on the Trump campaign, and tried to defeat Donald Trump.”

ABC News: “While details of the president’s event have yet to be finalized, the White House is facing pushback over the security, logistical and financial strains a presidential event would add on a day where additional security protocols already are in place for the hundreds of thousands expected to flock to the Mall to picnic and watch fireworks.”

“In addition to a presidential address, the administration has ordered that the location of the fireworks display be moved. A source familiar with planning said there have also been talks about adding additional military elements to the regular Fourth of July parade, while the president’s orders for a separate, grand military parade remain on perpetual delay.”

“It may be a Hatch Act violation. It may not be. Either way, I honestly don’t care anymore.”

— HUD regional administrator Lynne Patton, quoted by the HuffPost, after sending a political tweet from her government account.