The Best of Mueller's Stumble and Bumble Testimony

HOT HOT UPDATE BELOW: JIM JORDAN GETS TO THE EPICENTER OF THE SOFT COUP ATTEMPT AGAINST TRUMP

Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert grills Robert Mueller about his relationship and communications with former FBI Director James Comey ahead of his appointment as special counsel: "You and James Comey have been good friends or were good friends for many years" https://t.co/q26xNBe3pb pic.twitter.com/qz96o1hfgh

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) July 24, 2019

And this:

Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert: "Peter Strzok hated Trump. You didn't know that before he was made part of your team?"

Robert Mueller: "I did not know that ... when I did find out, I acted swiftly to have him reassigned elsewhere in the FBI" https://t.co/jFAp2RJoaI pic.twitter.com/6HlCH0SUWk

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 24, 2019

Then this:

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) gives an impassioned defense of President Trump to explain his actions that could be considered obstruction of justice pic.twitter.com/OUcgx38Vnu

— Axios (@axios) July 24, 2019

UPDATE

Why didn't Mueller charge Joseph Mifsud for lying to the FBI? pic.twitter.com/34E6TSigcM

— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) July 24, 2019

UPDATE 2

Rep. Matt Gaetz exchange with former special counsel Robert Mueller on the Steele Dossier
🎥 https://t.co/aibDLz6oTt pic.twitter.com/wpCvpN1mHl

— CSPAN (@cspan) July 24, 2019

UPDATE 3

Gaetz: "Can you state with confidence the Steele dossier was not part of Russia's disinformation campaign?"

Mueller: "With regard to Steele...that's beyond my purview."

Gaetz: "It's exactly your purview! The organizing principle was to fully investigate Russia's interference!" pic.twitter.com/z5E5Gl7xZU

— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) July 24, 2019

UPDATE 4

LOL, a Trump-hating neocon by birth tries to save the Mueller stumbling, bumbling performance.

These could both be true: Robert Mueller isn’t a dazzling or dynamic or even a particularly compelling witness at a congressional hearing; and his report, along with his testimony, is entirely truthful and damning.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) July 24, 2019

UPDATE 5

It just gets worse for Mueller:

Mueller can't even remember which President first appointed him. pic.twitter.com/cepw7myYti

— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) July 24, 2019

UPDATE 6



UPDATE 7

Every time we get to know these "best and the brightest" in the government it turns out they are not the best and not the brightest; it happens every time and it has been going on endlessly since Vietnam and before. The elite are not elite, they are often barely competent. https://t.co/pye0OhZSPQ

— TakingHayekSeriously (@FriedrichHayek) July 24, 2019

UPDATE 8

And this from Dana Milbank at The Washington Post:

 So maybe this is why Robert Mueller didn’t want to testify.

For two years, he was the silent man behind the curtain, all-knowing and all-powerful, revered by Democrats, feared by President Trump. But when he finally sat before Congress for nearly seven hours on Wednesday, the former special counsel seemed remarkably weak. He looked dazed and confused as he listened, mouth agape, to his questioners, often struggling to identify who was talking. He stammered, licked his lips, consulted his aide and begged forbearance.

“Could you repeat that, ma’am?”

“And what was the question, sir, if I might?”

“I’m sorry, could you again repeat the question?”

“I apologize, can you start over again?”

At least five times, he was reminded to speak into the microphone. “Sorry,” he would say, then repeat the infraction.

Even the basic proved troublesome, as when asked which candidate the Russians tried to help.

“Well, it would be Trimp,” he replied. “Uh, Trump.”

-RW