The Two Defining Moments of the Muller Hearing on June 24, 2019

The consensus is that have Robert Mueller hearing before the House Judiciary committee was bad for Democrats.

Here are two defining moments during that testimony:

“President Trump is not above the law. Neither is he beneath it!”

Who started the entire conversation that lead to the appointment of Robert Mueller.

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What They Are Saying | Mueller Hearing Headlines

Fox News: Chris Wallace: Robert Mueller Hearing Has Been A ‘Disaster’ For Democrats

“’Fox News Sunday’ anchor Chris Wallace said former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s House hearing has turned into a ‘disaster’ for Democrats and for the former FBI director’s reputation.”

Washington Examiner’s Philip Klein: Robert Mueller Said He Was ‘Not Familiar’ With Fusion GPS. How Is That Possible?

“It’s one thing to argue that he isn’t going to answer questions with reference to Fusion GPS (something he did in follow up questions, with the phrase “it’s outside my purview”), but how on earth could he not be familiar with the firm that has played such a key role in the Russia story?”

Breitbart: Robert Mueller Caught Contradicting His Report In Testimony To Congress

“In his opening statement, Mueller stated: ‘We did not address collusion, which is not a legal term. rather, we focused on whether the evidence was sufficient to charge any member of the campaign with taking part in a criminal conspiracy, and it was not.’ That statement suggested that the report had not, in fact, concluded that Trump had colluded with Russia — contrary to what the president has said, and with common public understanding of the report.”

Fox News: Mueller Flustered, Asking Lawmakers To Repeat Questions At Tense Hearing

“Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller was frequently tripped up and forced to ask lawmakers to repeat their questions during his rapid-fire questioning on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, though he reportedly prepared at length for the hearings. At one point, he even said he wasn’t familiar with Fusion GPS, the opposition research firm behind the controversial anti-Trump dossier.”

Washington Examiner’s Byron York: Confused Performance By Mueller Raises Questions About Handling Of Investigation

“Mueller was slow to react to questions. He frequently asked for questions to be repeated. He sometimes appeared confused. He did not appear to be conversant with some issues in the investigation. He did not, or could not, put together detailed answers even to those questions he agreed to address.”

Mediaite: ‘This is Painful’: Pundits Question Mueller’s ‘Frail’ Performance at Hearing

“A number of pundits this morning have been questioning former special counsel Robert Mueller’s performance at the hearing before the House Judiciary Committee.”

The Daily Wire: Mueller Can’t Explain Why Fusion GPS And Glenn Simpson Weren’t Included In His Report

“During Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s congressional testimony on Wednesday, he was asked by Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH) about Fusion GPS, the firm that hired Christopher Steele to produce the infamous and dubious ‘Steele Dossier’ that helped spark the investigation into President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. Despite the fact that the Steele Dossier was mentioned throughout Mueller’s final report, the origins of that report were not. Glenn Simpson, the founder of Fusion and a key player in creating the ‘evidence’ against Trump, was not mentioned once. Fusion’s involvement in the alleged Russia collusion was also not investigated.”

Townhall: Democrats And Media Admit: Mueller’s Testimony Was A Total Disaster

“Democrats demanded Special Counsel Robert Mueller testify in front of the House Judiciary Committee and today they got their wish. It was a complete disaster and Democrats outside of the hearing room are openly admitting it.”

The Washington Post: A Sometimes Halting Mueller Parries Questions In Highly Anticipated Congressional Hearing

“He 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. For a prosecutor who built a distinguished career on digging deep into the weeds of investigations, to the point that many of his subordinates complained he was a maddening micromanager, 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.”

CNN’s Scott Jennings: Ratcliffe Channels A Republican Argument

“Mueller’s answer that this investigation was “a unique situation” looks like an attempt to get around the fundamental view that innocence is presumed and not bestowed by the government. This will reinforce Republican views that Trump is being treated unfairly. Good for Ratcliffe for making this point so early in the day.”

Washington Examiner’s Tiana Lowe: Of Course Making The Septuagenarian Consummate Career Prosecutor Testify In A Show Trial Was A Waste Of Time

“Just minutes into questioning former special counsel Robert Mueller, House Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee made their exasperation apparent. Mueller was repeatedly asking members of Congress to reiterate questions and revisit specific portions of the 448-page report. Lines of questioning were repeatedly stymied by his refusal to address vast swaths of topics still under ongoing review by the Department of Justice.”

The American Spectator’s Jeffrey Lord: Mueller: An Unmitigated Disaster

“The nation watches a confused, halting Robert Mueller in what will be the saddest moment in an otherwise stellar career. But without question this Mueller performance clearly illustrated one very important reality. There is no way in the world the confused, uncertain man testifying today actually ran the investigation he was charged with running. Mueller even had Members saying “over here” to let him know the physical location of his questioner of the moment. At times his aides seated behind him had to point him to his questioner, Mueller’s face a mask of confusion.”

Fox News: Mueller Flubs On Which President Appointed Him To Prosecutor Post In Massachusetts

“Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller confused which president appointed him the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts back in the 1980s during his congressional appearance Wednesday. Answering a question during a lengthy hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, Mueller said he thought President George H. W. Bush appointed him to the post in Massachusetts, but was quickly corrected by Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., who noted that Mueller was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986.”

Washington Examiner’s Becket Adams: With The Mueller Hearing Proving To Be A Dud, Media Again Overplayed Its Hand

“Special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony before Congress is shaping up to be a bit of a dud, as neither he nor lawmakers have revealed anything new or of any real significance. This should come as a great embarrassment to the newsrooms that hyped Wednesday’s testimony as one of the most important ‘high-stakes’ hearings in recent memory.”

Matt Drudge on ‘Dazed and Confused’ Mueller: ‘Drug Test Everyone in Washington!’

“Matt Drudge, an Internet pioneer who founded the Drudge Report, wrote that Robert Mueller appeared “dazed and confused” giving testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning.

He later tweeted that everyone in Washington, DC, should be drug-tested for going along with this testimony.”

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