Nadler Still Wants Mueller To Testify On TV To Gin Up Public Impeachment Support

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Following the reasoning of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) acknowledged the political nature of impeachment on Friday, saying that the Democrats will have to win over the American people to have a shot at a successful proceeding.

And he has a plan to do so.

In an interview with WNYC, Nadler said that he still wants special counsel Robert Mueller to testify — even though Mueller has sworn to only speak about what’s in his report if he’s ultimately hauled before Congress — because doing so would put him before a television audience.

“Part of the function of Congress, just the same as the Watergate hearings 40 years ago, [is] to have a dialogue with the American people so people can make informed decisions and know what’s going on,” Nadler said. “It’s very important that he, to a television audience and to the American people, state it and answer questions about it, even if there is no new information.”

Nadler also said that he intends to meet with Democrats on his committee next week to gauge their appetite for impeachment.

Listen to the interview here. 

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  1. “Part of the function of Congress, just the same as the Watergate hearings 40 years ago, [is] to have a dialogue with the American people so people can make informed decisions and know what’s going on,” Nadler said. “It’s very important that he, to a television audience and to the American people, state it and answer questions about it, even if there is no new information.”

  2. Why don’t you take a public poll, then convene a focus group, then have a few dozen town halls, and then conduct a study? Then could take another public opinion poll that asks questions on the last public poll, as well as the study, the focus group, and the town halls?

    Then–and I mean THEN–we would be getting somewhere!

  3. Avatar for tsp tsp says:

    Bring in Barr and Rosenstein, too. Why did AG Barr feel it necessary to overturn Mueller’s rationales and make his own personal judgement regarding t rumpp’s innocence. Barr issued a fake exoneration, and is an active part of t rumpp’s 2020 campaign. Make him answer, and hold him accountable.

  4. BION, Sam Stein, Asawin Suebsaeng at Daily Beast had a story out yesterday that Trumpers want Mueller to testify. Guiliani, Hannity, others actually believe Rep Jones, Meadows, Gaetz will eat Mueller for breakfast.

    “If they allow [GOP Reps.] Meadows and Jordan and few of the others there, they’ll eviscerate him more than they did Michael Cohen,” said Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s personal attorney during and after the Mueller probe. Giuliani said it would be “emotionally satisfying to have” Mueller testify and that “in terms of the politics of it, I would love to have him testify. I think he’s afraid to.”

  5. Well they are dumb, what else is new?

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