Muller can't hear and doesn't want it known

[demtenjeep]

Why doesn't anyone notice

[brooklynite]

1. No idea what you mean.

[True Blue American]

5. That is why they are talking so fast.

sensenbrenner is at least allowing mueller to answer.

Oh, boy, Cohem

[hlthe2b]

2. I think that is the problem as well--especially when they go 90mph.

This is likely why he tried so hard not to testify.

[irisblue]

3. I'm thinking yes

Several of my birth family members are hard of hearing/deaf.

[True Dough]

4. Yes, he's clearly having great difficulty hearing those speaking

It's also that the committee members are prepared to the gills with rapid-fire excerpts from the report that Mueller wants to be sure are being cited correctly and not taken out of context, so he keeps slowing things down to be sure.

[True Blue American]

8. It is because they are talking so fast.

5 minutes to get talking points in.

[blogslut]

6. I'm not sure he's concealing it

But yes, he is hard of hearing. I thought everyone knew this.

[ok_cpu]

7. He does have trouble hearing,

and I do think it's a big part of why he didn't want to testify.

But I also don't think it's vanity. He knows what's at stake and does not want to misspeak because of not hearing something. He also has to be aware of the optics of having to ask for things to be repeated and potentially looking unsure of himself.

[BeyondGeography]

9. He looks depressed

Like he has aged years since his last public statement a couple of months ago or when ever it was. Body language screams I don't want to be here.

[badhair77]

10. The Republicans are definitely going for gotcha questions.

I don’t know how long I can sit thru the swampy parts. They’re all auditioning for trump or fox broadcasting positions or re-election from trumpers.