About the only similarity between Republicans and Democrats in questioning Robert Mueller was that both sides came prepared.
That was perhaps the only similarity in the questioning strategy of Robert Mueller by Republicans and Democrats of the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday morning.
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller is sworn in before testifying to the House Judiciary Committee about his report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election in the Rayburn House Office Building July 24 in Washington, DC.Democrats' questions largely hinged on one- or two-word answers from Mueller, in which he would confirm various portions of his report that were read aloud to him by lawmakers.
"Did you actually totally exonerate the president?" Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, asked.At another point, Nadler said:"The report did not conclude that he did not commit of obstruction of justice.
Rep. John Ratcliffe questions former Special Counsel Robert Mueller as he testifies before the House Judiciary Committee about his report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election in the Rayburn House Office Building July 24, 2019 in Washington, DC."You wrote 180 pages about decisions that weren't reached, about potential crimes that weren't charged," Ratcliffe said.
Representative Louie Gohmert, also a Texas Republican, questioned Mueller about members of his investigatory team, including Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, the former FBI employees who were discovered to have had an affair and exchanged disparaging text messages about Trump during the 2016 campaign. Representative Jim Jordan, the Ohio Republican who is a close ally to the president, also questioned Mueller about matters that precluded his investigation, topics of which he stated in his opening remarks he would not address. He asked several times about Joseph Mifsud, a former Maltese professor and former associate of Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos.
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