House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) said Thursday night that special counsel Robert Mueller wants to testify privately and provide transcripts.
He told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow that Mueller is willing to give an opening statement, but that he wants the rest of his comments to be given in a closed-door session.
“He envisions himself correctly as a man of great rectitude and apolitical and he doesn’t want to participate in anything that he might regard as a political spectacle, especially if Republicans on the committee start asking him questions about about this stuff, the beginning of the investigation,” Nadler said by way of explanation. “I’m speculating really.”
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Mueller probably knows how cameras will make Goopers grandstand and he doesn’t want the whole testimony derailed by people performing for the cameras. When it’s behind closed doors, they act differently.
(Yes, I know there will still be some grandstanding if it’s known that the transcripts will be public, but it doesn’t have the same effect as a sound bite, so there’s less incentive. Also: no eye-rolling or smirking will be recorded…)
I really wish Mueller would take a broader view of ‘integrity’ and look at the big picture here. If he testified to a closed session that Trump raped aborted fetuses, the GOP would still do nothing.
I am of a mixed stance here. Mainly because I do not know what he would say, open or closed session. I DO know that Traitors like Gym Jordan, Mark Meadows and others will be under orders from Team Trump to savage Mueller and subject him to more abuse than he has ever faced…and, bear in mind that, for Team Trump, it does not matter how professional and strong Mueller is.
Team Trump is a sleaze machine dedicated to chaos…
In a sense, Mueller has already “testified” and the REAL issue (open session or not) is BARR and what influence he has on Mueller.
Kind of odd the House would want testimony from a treasonous, traitoring traitor (uber traitor) committer of treason.
No
Do it full on for the public.
With his moral and ethical clarity within he should be able to answer every question truthfully and thoroughly
It can only seem political if he caters to the rights questions leaving room for doubt.
He can easily cut that off with verified facts.
He can and should just slam dunk trump toadies who are stupid enough to try and steer his answers to there benefit.
We already know there method to the madness of protecting trump.
The standard operating procedure is always the same, just the names change.
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