So Mueller doesn't want a public "spectacle"?

[SHRED]

Too late.

In fact, not wanting to publicly testify has indeed created a spectacle.

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[LovingA2andMI]

1. Fuck Him!!!

PERIOD!!

[I_have_had_enough]

10. we paid for his testimony

Why does he have a choice?
What is he covering up?

[LovingA2andMI]

13. Tell HIM That....

We Already Know.

[EffieBlack]

14. We didn't "pay for his testimony"

He was charged with doing an investigation and submitting his report to the Attorney General.

And even if you think he has a duty to testify, he's willing to do that. He just doesn't want to do it on TV, for reasons we don't yet know but people have decided to guess about anyway with absolutely no information.

[Nuggets]

37. I think he has a duty to testify in person to the American public.

There is no reason to trust Mueller, none.

All the straight arrow Republicans before him turned out to be accordion shaped arrows.

Now Mueller playing games. Sorry but closed door , can’t see his body language, can’t hear his tones or inflections doesn’t cut it. Leaves way too much room for media and Republican twisting. It’s harder to spin when people saw it and heard it themselves.


Sorry, I’m not buying what any Republican is selling, they have to prove every word they say. They haven’t earned my trust or respect,including Mueller.

[UniteFightBack]

2. Is this man aware of Watergate and what occurred and where? Does this man not see WTF is

happening at the DOJ?????

Ya know I had a thought. Say Mueller testified privately. Couldn't there still be like a hearing with them asking the questions and then having someone read Mueller's response ...sort of like a play. Is that possible?

I'm so angry I spent the night verbally murdering deplorables at the Daily Caller.

[SHRED]

3. It's infuriating to me

Others here don't seem to mind which blows my mind.

[StarfishSaver]

11. I'm sure this man of Watergate and of everything that you are about it - and much more

[Grasswire2]

17. well, that sounds like fun.

I haven't visited message boards there.

[aeromanKC]

4. Mueller makes public opening statement

and his private questioning will be made public via released transcript. The transcript should give us the details we need and want to know including who asked real questions and which ones wasted their time.

[EffieBlack]

6. But but it won't be on the teevee so how will we know it really happened?

Because if we can't see it live on the teevee, is it real?

And why should we have to READ anything? That's too much work and I'll be busy watching teevee.

[pnwmom]

12. I thought this was serious till I noticed your name, EffieBlack.

You got me.

[Nuggets]

39. Because reading it isn't the same

as seeing and hearing.
It’s not above being lazy. I don’t understand why you would imply that it is.

[tinrobot]

24. That's actually not a bad idea.

[uponit7771]

25. The Transcripts, like the Mueller report, will be distorted by the KGOP. Harder to distort Mueller's

.. words in his own voice and context via video and audio.

This is a disgrace

[onecaliberal]

5. Too fucking bad, compell these people to testify in public already.

[OnDoutside]

18. Maybe he's looking for that cover ?

[onecaliberal]

21. Maybe. So let's oblige.

[kairos12]

7. I would tell him that with

Barr and the Orange Shitgibbon wiping their ass with the Constitution things are pretty much past the spectacle stage.

[smirkymonkey]

8. So Mr. Brave Marine is now too chickenshit to testify in public?

What a fucking coward. You have no balls sir, you are a useless piece of partisan shit!

[rusty fender]

42. You beat me to it

Brave Marine my ass

[MontanaMama]

9. Too late Mr. Mueller.

Have you not seen a newspaper? You and your report ARE a fucking spectacle. Get this show on the road.

[Hugin]

22. +1

Without Barr and his obstruction there would've been no spectacle.

[marlakay]

15. Problem is with all the fake news crap

No one will believe unless they see it.

[Grasswire2]

16. YES EXACTLY nt

[standingtall]

19. there should not be one person defending him for not wanting a public hearing

Remember how he and his team were suppose to be so upset with how Barr misrepresented their report. You would think if that were true they would want to take the opportunity to set the record straight in front of the American people. Just what does he think Barr and republicans are going to do with the transcripts if Mueller gives his testimony privately? They are going going to misrepresent and lie about what those say too.

[uponit7771]

28. +1, and what guarantees KGOP wont make it a private spectacle ?!!?

[Meowmee]

20. Yep what a joke 😹

It has been a spectacle for a while now.

[tinrobot]

23. To some degree, I get it.

As much as I want to see and hear him speak, I cringe at the idea of GOP hacks playing a game of gotcha.

A public hearing will definitely be a spectacle, both good and bad.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

26. Deny Trump Asskissers Gym Jordan and Collins their "Political Spectacle".....

Which I know they would do. Mueller would see right through that and castigate them.

[uponit7771]

30. They will have a private political spectacle ... don't see how this move by Mueller makes sense

[GemDigger]

27. Let's step away a minute. How did Jim Jordan and Meadows and the rest of the gang act

in public hearings? Like assholes to make themselves look good AND keep their base pissed and clueless. They will pick and chose what they say and what he says. It would not be factual if it is on TV. The GOP will make it another circus.

[uponit7771]

31. They can make it a circus with no TV in private, Mueller's move doesn't make sense

[GemDigger]

33. The circus is the show. No cameras, no show because the base won't be able to watch it.

Makes a lot of sense.

[uponit7771]

38. KGOP can be disruptive and unproductive without cameras, that's a fact without dispute.

[GemDigger]

40. It sounds like you have "seen" them be disruptive without cameras? How did that happen?

They do it FOR the base that is glued to FoxTV.

[uponit7771]

41. Nah, I've read it ... they just ask stupid questions and be assholes ... like they do on camera.

It's not just for TV, they're assholes in real life

[Faux pas]

29. It couldn't

possibly be a bigger spectacle than the 20 ring circus the hump presides over for fuck sake!

[Blue Owl]

34. So instead we need to put up with the Daily Donald spectacle?

Fuck that shit...

[BeyondGeography]

35. Hurts the Republicans more than us IMO

They’re the grandstanding loons. That works much better (ie for their base) on camera.

Two caveats: The opening statement needs to be pointed, eg with direct comments on his reaction to the report summary and his subsequent exchange with Barr.

Open-session rules for the transcript; it must be unredacted.

[rampartc]

36. mueller's "wants" are simply not important

subpoena the bastard and ask him questions on c span like any other adult.