{"id":37164,"date":"2019-07-24T09:21:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T16:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=37164"},"modified":"2019-07-24T09:21:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T16:21:22","slug":"the-mueller-hearings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/07\/24\/the-mueller-hearings\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mueller Hearings"},"content":{"rendered":"

At 5:40 AM, I was doing two things.  I was eating breakfast (Corn Chex, cherries, sausage links, and apple juice).  More important, I was watching Jerry Nadler [D-NY] give his opening statement to the House Judiciary committee.  I am including the complete video below.  So far, it’s not completely unproductive and the Democrats are doing a more professional job than I expected.  The Republicans are demonstrating their PhD in Bullshitology.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"0724Robert_Mueller_Hearing\" <\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to ignore a witnesses\u2019 opening statement, but Mueller\u2019s may have provided the Rosetta stone to his thinking on whether the president committed obstruction of justice<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

A few minutes after he delivered a statement in his hallmark anodyne tone, Mueller was asked a series of questions by Nadler, D-N.Y. <\/p>\n

\u201cIs it correct that if you had concluded that the president committed the crime of obstruction, you could not publicly state that in your report or here today?\u201d Nadler asked. <\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I would say you \u2013 the statement would be that you would not indict and you would not indict, because under the OLC opinion, a sitting president cannot be indicted,” Mueller responded. “It\u2019d be unconstitutional.\u201d<\/strong>… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Of course, the Reich is up to their normal obfuscation.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Mueller is allowing the Republicans to mischaracterize aspects of his investigation without responding, which could have the result of furthering a narrative that will reach millions of Fox viewers and other consumers of right-wing media. <\/p>\n

The former special counsel notably did not push back when: <\/p>\n