What Went Down In Robert Mueller’s Testimony

Having interviewed seemingly everyone in the U.K. with an opinion on the new prime minister, CNN International has finally returned to the Mueller hearing. I wonder if they decided ahead of time that it wouldn’t be worth more sustained coverage?

Anyone else surprised that there hasn’t been more talk about impeachment today? Specifically, Democrats trying to get Mueller to say that Trump may have committed impeachable offenses? He didn’t engage when he was asked — finally — by a Republican on the committee.

Given that we knew Mueller wasn’t going to be very forthcoming, this has gone reasonably well for Democrats. But it would have been more effective if they had gotten Mueller to read from the report himself — that was a loss for them. I don’t think Republicans haven’t been particularly effective, meanwhile, at undermining Mueller’s credibility. So maybe the big winner here is really Mueller. Even though he came across as shaky and halting at times, he’s coming out of this hearing with his reputation intact.