Mueller seems old.
The Republicans are behaving as though they have him on the ropes, and it looks like they do.
On the other hand, Steve Chabot, the fourth Republican interrogator, keeps asking about the Steele Dossier, which Mueller keeps telling him is "oustide my purview" and that other investigators are handling it. He spends his entire five minutes on the subject, which never get any other answer, during which Chabot keeps butchering Natalia Veselnitskaya's name.
Dem Rep Hank Johnson follows Chabot and gets Mueller back on the subject of obstruction of justice, listing specific charges from the report.
The following Republican, Louie Gohmert, went on the attack, personally. Mueller denies that he and Comey were "good friends": "We were business associates....we were friends." Gohmert attacks Mueller's "credibility". Mueller says he didn't meet with Trump the day before he was appointed "as a candidate" for the FBI directorship. This is Trump's claim: Mueller interviewed for the job and didn't get it. After being attacked about Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, Mueller finally shows some disgust by his facial expression, but he recovers and doesn't respond in kind.
Ted Deutch (D) asks about obstruction, which the Dems are, reasonably, focused on Volume 2, about obstruction. Most of Mueller's answers to them are, "I refer you to the report."
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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