Special Counsel Mueller is willing to give a public opening statement, but closed-door testimony, House Judiciary Cmte. Chairman Nadler says.
Mueller has told House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler that he is willing to make a public opening statement, but leave his testimony behind closed doors, Nadler said on"The Rachel Maddow Show" Thursday night.
Nadler, D-N.Y., has made repeated efforts for Mueller to speak in front of Congress. If Mueller did proceed with private testimony on his report, the public would get a transcript, Nadler said. "We think it's important for the American people to hear from him and to hear his answers to questions about the report," Nadler said.
"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," Nadler said about Mueller not wanting to testify in public. But he added,"I'm speculating really." Nadler's comments come amid growing calls from Democrats to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump after Trump instructed former White House counsel
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