Mueller Investigation pt 6

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I'll be watching Mueller's testimony with great interest.

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NEW: Rudy Giuliani just texted me “Who cares?” when I asked him for comment on Robert Mueller testifying before Congress on July 17
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Giuliani: what a putz.
 
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Stacyhs said:
I'll be watching Mueller's testimony with great interest.

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Giuliani: what a putz.
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And Lindsey Graham, upon being asked about Mueller's testifying, has stated (again) that for him it's case closed. These people want so badly for the temporary stasis bought by Barr's lying memo to keep on keeping on. I await Trumpy's attempts to keep Mueller away from the Capitol. Failing that, the frantic attacks and distractions will be ramping up.
 
Fast Eddie B said:
From CNN:

Mueller to testify publicly on July 17 following a subpoena. Before both the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees.
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I've already ordered an extra popcorn maker, and I'll be arranging to take Thursday July 18 off so that I can get up at 1:00am (that's 9am on the 17th DC time) to watch from the start of proceedings.
 
smartcooky said:
I've already ordered an extra popcorn maker, and I'll be arranging to take Thursday July 18 off so that I can get up at 1:00am (that's 9am on the 17th DC time) to watch from the start of proceedings.
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My prediction is that, like the report itself, we’ll be disappointed by the testimony, which will be loathe to go beyond said report.

But, of course I’ll be watching. Hope springs eternal, and all that.
 
It's going to be disappointing. He's going to say that he's said what he needed to say, and couch everything else damning in that soundbite-proof language of his.
 
Smart questioners can frame questions to garner more info and get it into the congressional record that according to the chief investigator, Trump would have been indicted if he wasn't president, and that Congress needs to impeach to protect the country.
 
Beelzebuddy said:
It's going to be disappointing. He's going to say that he's said what he needed to say, and couch everything else damning in that soundbite-proof language of his.
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But hasn't he already sort of said that?

I mean the dude's already straight up said with pretty much zero ambiguity "My report is my testimony."

I'm not sure what juice we're still expecting to get from this particular apple.
 
JoeMorgue said:
But hasn't he already sort of said that?

I mean the dude's already straight up said with pretty much zero ambiguity "My report is my testimony."

I'm not sure what juice we're still expecting to get from this particular apple.
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The same juice. Over and over again. Hell, read the report out loud into the congressional record. The info in there is dynamite, yet many people think Trump's been "EXHONERATED"!
 
JoeMorgue said:
But hasn't he already sort of said that?

I mean the dude's already straight up said with pretty much zero ambiguity "My report is my testimony."

I'm not sure what juice we're still expecting to get from this particular apple.
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A bigger audience.
 
JoeMorgue said:
But hasn't he already sort of said that?

I mean the dude's already straight up said with pretty much zero ambiguity "My report is my testimony."

I'm not sure what juice we're still expecting to get from this particular apple.
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A sound bite. Something the news can quote. Trumpers keep saying Mueller exonerated him, when what he really said was that Trump is a criming crimer who crimes all the crimes, only implied through quadruple negatives.

The only thing that might be different this time is the news that Barr shut down most of Mueller's spin-off investigations almost immediately. He was probably relying on those investigations to carry out justice in his stead. That's surely pissed him off, but has it pissed him off enough?
 
Fast Eddie B said:
My prediction is that, like the report itself, we’ll be disappointed by the testimony, which will be loathe to go beyond said report.
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What should definitely go beyond the report will be the answers to Schiff's questions about what happened to the counter-intelligence investigation. Maybe there will be no there there, but we'll see.
 
How many people don't read the book because they know the movie is coming out soon? When you read about Watergate, its very dry, with lots of technical detail. Its difficult, even for very smart people, to understand and to connect the dots.

However, when you see the documentaries such as Charles Ferguson's "Watergate" (2018) or movies such as "All the Presidents Men"(1976) and "Mark Felt" (2017) its like seeing a political "Quantum Physics for Dummies" . It lays out the details in layman's language and in a way that can be understood by almost anyone.

Well folks, this is "The Mueller Report; The Movie", coming to you in the Theatre of Congress, July 17, 2019!
 
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Let's hope.

Btw, I'm really looking forward to the HBO series and documentaries that will inevitably be made about the Trump regime.
 
Beelzebuddy said:
It's going to be disappointing. He's going to say that he's said what he needed to say, and couch everything else damning in that soundbite-proof language of his.
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I'm guessing it's 50:50. He seems an honorable man and Barr clearly wasn't. OTOH, he could defer to procedure and simply say it's not his job to do more.

But Mueller can point out with emphasis that obstruction was not ruled out.
 
Paul2 said:
What should definitely go beyond the report will be the answers to Schiff's questions about what happened to the counter-intelligence investigation. Maybe there will be no there there, but we'll see.
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Another good point that Mueller can emphasize. Trump and Barr have so far successfully muffled the report.
 
The Great Zaganza said:
It will be funny to see if Republicans are foolish enough to ask Mueller if he thinks Trump is innocent.
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Having just watched Jim Jordan try to make it OK that WH staff have violated the Hatch Act, I imagine the GOP legislators are going to be in top form trying to negate anything Mueller says that implicates Trump.

The House Oversight Committee was hearing testimony from Henry Kerner, the US Office of Special Counsel, Kerner sent a letter to Trump telling him that Conway should be fired. Kerner was Trump appointed.*

CNN: Office of Special Counsel: Conway violated Hatch Act

TPM: House GOPers Hammer Trump-Appointed Watchdog Over Conway Hatch Violations


*Next on the firing list no doubt will be Kerner, not Conway.
 
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Beelzebuddy said:
A sound bite. Something the news can quote. Trumpers keep saying Mueller exonerated him, when what he really said was that Trump is a criming crimer who crimes all the crimes, only implied through quadruple negatives.

The only thing that might be different this time is the news that Barr shut down most of Mueller's spin-off investigations almost immediately. He was probably relying on those investigations to carry out justice in his stead. That's surely pissed him off, but has it pissed him off enough?
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An importance difference is Mueller will be headlines in the news cycle, not Barr. Expect Trump to act out on something to steal the headlines back, maybe another row with Iran.
 
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