Even if they played a tape of Trump telling people to lie and obstruct the investigation this will convince ZERO Fox News Trump supporters of a single thing other than Libtards bad, how can Trump be guilty of covering up something that never happened...
Vote them all out.
Video carries more punch than text. It shouldn't, but it does. Having Mueller state aloud, on camera, what is in his report is a big deal.
Trump trying to get Don McGahn to fire Mueller which is illegal, should do it. They are currently submitting a subpoena for Don McGahn. However to execute it impeachment inquiry needs to begin.I agree but can you point to any one particular clip that would be compelling to someone either vaguely aware of this investigation or who was on the fence?
The "liberal" media will play clips that support their narrative and the right wing media will simply do the same and play clips from Republicans hammering Mueller on things like partisan investigators.
Somebody tell the liberal media, because WaPo and MSNBC are painting this whole morning as a loss for Democrats and painting Mueller as someone who isn't as sharp as he once was.I have to say there's at least two absolutely catastrophic things that have come out so far, so this has definitely exceeded my expectations.
The Judiciary Democrats did a really good job here.
In that vastly different time, one could more reasonably say that "the average person" got their news from network TV. In today's fragmented media landscape, those who are still getting their news primarily from network TV are the very least engaged in politics. What you presented may flicker across their screens, f-spy (skimo?) (I love your username), but they will not be paying strict attention enough to NOW, after all that has transpired, suddenly conclude that Trump needs to go while they simultaneously play candy crush or yell at their kids.
If they haven't by now, the coverage of these particular hearings isn't going to suddenly engage them. I wish this wasn't so, but I fear it is.
LIEU (D-CA): "The reason, again, that you did not indict Donald Trump is because of the OLC opinion stating that you cannot indict a sitting president, correct?
MUELLER: That is correct.
GOP: Mueller was not fired. Nothing wrong here
Mueller: Trump tried to get McGahn to fire Trump
Mueller: Attempting to obstruct justice is a crime.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/a-sometimes-halting-mueller-parries-questions-in-highly-anticipated-congressional-hearing/2019/07/24/daf281d6-ae1d-11e9-8e77-03b30bc29f64_story.html
[Mueller] frequently asked lawmakers to repeat their questions. At times he said he could not hear them, sometimes asserting they were speaking too fast. In contrast to his inquisitors, Mueller spoke slowly, and on a few occasions seemed confused by lawmakers’ inquiries.
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Mueller said several times he was not familiar with some of the specifics of the investigation into Russia’s actions in 2016 and whether Trump obstructed justice.
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Former Obama adviser David Axelrod tweeted: “This is delicate to say, but Mueller, whom I deeply respect, has not publicly testified before Congress in at least six years. And he does not appear as sharp as he was then.”
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Before the hearing, current and former law enforcement officials who have worked with Mueller, 74, expressed concerns that he was stepping into a high-octane hearing that would be a tough test of his public demeanor — typically understated and technical. Mueller’s advisers had told committee staff before the hearing he did not plan to read sections of the report out loud, according to people familiar with the discussion.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/a-sometimes-halting-mueller-parries-questions-in-highly-anticipated-congressional-hearing/2019/07/24/daf281d6-ae1d-11e9-8e77-03b30bc29f64_story.html
[Mueller] frequently asked lawmakers to repeat their questions. At times he said he could not hear them, sometimes asserting they were speaking too fast. In contrast to his inquisitors, Mueller spoke slowly, and on a few occasions seemed confused by lawmakers’ inquiries.
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Mueller said several times he was not familiar with some of the specifics of the investigation into Russia’s actions in 2016 and whether Trump obstructed justice.
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Former Obama adviser David Axelrod tweeted: “This is delicate to say, but Mueller, whom I deeply respect, has not publicly testified before Congress in at least six years. And he does not appear as sharp as he was then.”
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Before the hearing, current and former law enforcement officials who have worked with Mueller, 74, expressed concerns that he was stepping into a high-octane hearing that would be a tough test of his public demeanor — typically understated and technical. Mueller’s advisers had told committee staff before the hearing he did not plan to read sections of the report out loud, according to people familiar with the discussion.
Yeah, the whole point, according to dems, was to get Mueller to take the American people down the path toward impeachment. But because Mueller didn't even read a single thing he wrote out loud, it wasn't Mueller that walked the people down the path but instead it was the Democrats that did the story telling and quite frankly that wasn't good enough.
BS. The congresscritters sounded like auctioneers the way they were trying to cram as many soundbites as possible into their five minutes. I could barely understand them sometimes (listening on the radio).
Mueller is very deliberate and purposeful and he didn't want to say something wrong or contradict himself because he couldn't hear something in a long question clearly. He was very consistent and I don't believe contradicted himself at all, which isn't easy to do over a three hour period. The president can't do it over a three minute period.
The day isn't even done & you're already claiming defeat.
Mueller has just walked back what he told Ted Lieu that he the president could have been charged with obstruction were it not for the OLC opinion: "We did not reach a determination as to whether the president committed a crime." Ouchy!
Mueller has just walked back what he told Ted Lieu that he the president could have been charged with obstruction were it not for the OLC opinion: "We did not reach a determination as to whether the president committed a crime." Ouchy!
Is this congress or Hannity conspiracy hour?
Mueller has just walked back what he told Ted Lieu that he the president could have been charged with obstruction were it not for the OLC opinion: "We did not reach a determination as to whether the president committed a crime." Ouchy!
He agreed to what I statedDems: We proved the 3 elements for obstruction.
Mueller: Going thru elements does not to mean I subscribe to what you're trying to prove through those elements.
You fail to note that a criminal determination was not made because of Presidential immunity.