POTUS may have led Mueller and RR right into a trap. Both of them are isolated and cut off. They know they'll be exposed and the only way to fight it is to stall indefinitely and hope that some turn of events can save them. Might explain why Mueller brought charges against Manafort…desperate for any kind of conviction/progress at all. Listen to Bongino from yesterday - he pointed out that the arrest of George P. came the very night that the Strzok/Page texts came out…sign of desperation.
In the meanwhile, the press is distracted from looking into the activities of Sessions, Wray, and Huber.
I believe this is the best explanation so far…they know RM and RR are going down and they're having fun watching them squirm while Sessions prepares to "drop the hammer."