Can the White House stop Mueller from testifying?

[coeur_de_lion]

I was talking to a friend who said the WH would never let him testify.

But I have read on DU that he’s testifying next week.

I know they would prevent him if they could but can they?

I have not seen confirmation yet of the date and time he’s testifying.

I was really looking forward to it and I was even going to try and cast from my iPad to the TV in my office. We don’t have cable here.

[lunatica]

1. I doubt it since Congress has equal power to the President's power.

[PoliticAverse]

2. Currently Mueller works for the DOJ, once he doesn't the WH has much less control

over the issue. See: http://time.com/5578222/robert-mueller-testify/

[elleng]

5. Right

[DrToast]

10. When is he not employed by the DOJ anymore?

The article makes it sound like that’s soon, but it doesn’t give a date.

[Duppers]

3. No. He doesn't have the authority.

[PA Democrat]

4. I think they know they can't; hence the smear campaign against Mueller.

[Wednesdays]

6. The White House could take it to court

So, it'll be resolved in about, oh, six years or so?

[awesomerwb1]

7. Apparently they can do whatever the F they want these days....

(legally, I don't know)

[superpatriotman]

8. Not if he resigns

And continues to act like a patriot

[asiliveandbreathe]

9. Only from those legal analyst - who say, once Mueller is a private citizen HE can decide - unless

of course, he may need a subpoena..if doesn't come forward on his own..can't imagine why, he wouldn't..considering how Barr and co are trying to throw him under the bus...but....

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/a3bm3b/frustrated-you-cant-read-the-mueller-report-you-can-blame-ken-starr

If Mueller were to testify, he would be constrained by a 1999 law that limits what special counsels may disclose about investigations they oversee. The impetus for the law was the tenure of independent counsel Kenneth Starr, whose sprawling inquiry into the Clinton administration led directly to President Clinton's impeachment in the US Senate. (The law also replaced the role of "independent counsel," which was Starr's title, with "special counsel," although these and related terms are often used interchangeably.)

Link to 1999 law w/I link


Most likely, as is evident now..Mueller will be constrained due to the 1999 law, as to what he can say....