If MUELLER is a poor speaker & made to look ridiculous, it's *fine* to have it all in transcript

[UTUSN]

Is there any video of him talking *anywhere*? Has anybody here heard/seen him talk? I don't think he would be flustered under questioning, but it is completely known that his every - not WORD - but pause, verbal stumble, facial expression, sip of water, whatever will be seized upon and any given five second clip will be made to stand for the whole of everything of his testimony.

So long as it's ALL in the transcript, it's fine.

[hlthe2b]

1. Of course. He has repeatedly testified before congress-- One of the longest serving FBI Directors

through both GW Bush* and Obama years.

He is very thoughtful and well spoken. Not at ALL as you described.

[UTUSN]

2. Well, O.K., then!1 I didn't "describe" - I speculated!1 But showboaters love the cameras so

if he testifies away from the cameras, they are deflated.

[hlthe2b]

3. You think that Mueller is a "showboater?"

[mr_lebowski]

5. I would assume they meant certain Congress people ... (nt)

[UTUSN]

8. You and I are usually on the same wave length, or rather I am almost always on yours-

I don't know what the glitch in communication is today. As somebody else posted, "they" referred to the wingnut congresscritters as showboaters, not to MUELLER.

[hlthe2b]

9. yes... we aren't tracking each other today. Thanks for the clarification

[NewJeffCT]

10. with the Cohen hearings, it was very bad for Trump

because the image was every single Republican asking questions (when they didn't yield to Gym Jordan, who also attacked Cohen) was attacking Cohen and NOT defending Trump.

I suspect that it would be similar if Mueller testified, and Mueller is smarter and has much more gravitas than Cohen.

[FakeNoose]

4. That's not the problem

I think the RightWing NutJobs are threatening his life. Or they've threatened his family, which is even worse. Think of how many "good guys" have been threatened in the last few years, where do you think that's coming from?

Chump, Putin, and others like them are all mob bosses. They get other people to do their dirty work, and that's what is happening to Mueller now. Michael Cohen was threatened too, and he's done way less damage than Mueller has.

I think we need to respect Robert Mueller's wishes to testify in private, behind closed doors. The important thing is to get his sworn testimony all down and archived, NOT that he does it on TV for the general public.

[spanone]

6. here you go...

&t=8s

[drray23]

7. I doubt he is a poor speaker.

You dont rise to be the FBI director if you are a bad communicator.

[lunatica]

11. If I had to testify I would worry too just knowing FoxNews would be there

He knows perfectly well that it WILL be a circus. He can take that to the bank.

[UTUSN]

12. Damn right It'll be a circus!1