Democrats acknowledge questioning Mueller 'will not be easy'
WASHINGTON — Some are watching old video of his previous testimony. Others are closely re-reading his 448-page report. And almost all are worrying about how they'll make the most of the short time they'll have for questioning.
Robert Mueller, the Democrats know, will be tough to crack.
The stern, reticent former FBI director has said he won't answer questions beyond what is in the report on Russia's election meddling and the Trump campaign and possible obstruction of justice when he comes to Congress on July 17.
Mueller is expected to testify in front of the Judiciary and intelligence committees for two hours each, with time split evenly between Republicans and Democrats, though that timing is still a subject of negotiations. That means Democrats will have to be efficient and targeted in their attempts to extract information from the former special counsel and spotlight what they say are his most damaging findings against President Donald Trump.
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Swell arrangement you negotiated there, guys. And no doubt the majority and minority leaders of each committee will get to open with a five minute speech followed by Mueller's opening statement. Then there are a total of FORTY members on the judiciary committee and 24 on the intelligence committee. That's around 20 minutes for the opening bloviations, leaving an 100 minutes for questioning, alternating D and R members at 5 minutes each, that's 20 questions total, of which only TEN will be Dems. I'm afraid we're looking at another exercise in obfuscation, frustration and Republican bloviation, folks.
