Prognostication time! Mueller isn't the one being set up for the fall, Sessions is - but the ax will swing through both. The NYT interview blast was the signal from Trump to his base that Sessions is not on the team anymore. However! While Sessions has recused himself from the investigation per se, he is still the AG, and Mueller is still technically under the aegis of the Justice Department. As such, there is some (exceptionally shaky) legitimacy to the idea that Sessions himself could terminate the investigation. Should he do so, the outcry from both houses as well as the general public would be be (rightfully) tremendous. They'll demand Sessions' head, he'll dutifully oblige and resign his position, Mueller's investigation will end, the deplorables will have their talking points, Trump will remain unscathed, and the rest of us will die a little more on the inside.