I've seen only bits and pieces of Robert Mueller's testimony today because it's excruciating to watch the Representatives of both parties who are terrible questioners and because Mueller looks sad and out of it. The latter point, along with his performance at the recent press conference, provide more evidence of my hypothesis that he served merely as a figurehead for the investigation, a figurehead controlled by the ethically-challenged dedicated Clinton supporter Andrew Weissman.
[UPDATE: I've now seen Rep Jim Jordan's questioning of Mueller, which is well done and demonstrates the deliberate avoidance of uncomfortable facts by his investigation. It's worth watching the entire 5 minutes.]
However, one important matter has been confirmed - the bad faith in which the Mueller investigation was conducted. Although Mueller states that his investigation concerned Russian efforts to influence the election he has repeatedly stated, under oath, that the Steele Dossier was "out of my purview"!
One example, in which, by the way, Mueller seems confused about Fusion GPS, a prominent player in the Steele Dossier, and which represented Kremlin connected figures in seeking the lifting of US sanctions on Russian oligarchs.
Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH): “When you talk about the firm that produced the Steele [dossier], the name of the firm that produced that was Fusion GPS. Is that correct?”— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) July 24, 2019
Robert Mueller: “I’m not familiar ... with that”
Chabot: “It’s not a trick question. It was Fusion GPS” pic.twitter.com/4WA0lhKc3x
Think about that. The only undisputed evidence we have of a direct Russian government effort to influence the election, consisting of false allegations damaging to one of the candidates in the 2016 election, was out of Mueller's purview in an investigation of what he describes as Russian efforts to influence election. I use the word undisputed because the dossier itself describes some of its sources as Russian intelligence. Moreover, the dossier was paid for by the campaign of another presidential candidate and the information it contained selectively leaked to U.S. media, the FBI, and the DOJ which used it to obtain a FISA warrant allowing it to spy on the Trump campaign.
If you've read my previous posts on this subject, you'll see I was disgusted by candidate Trump's statements regarding Russia and Putin and thought, when the Russia collusion story started, it possible there might be something to it. Since early 2017 I've been reading original source documents, not relying on what others tell me, and it has become very clear there was no collusion, no obstruction, by the Trump campaign, but rather what may be the biggest scandal in American political history possibly involving the Clinton campaign, FBI, DOJ, and CIA, along with senior Obama administration officials. But it was outside Mueller's purview to investigate his old friends.
A more succinct summary:
Instead the pathetic Democrats are pursuing an obstruction of justice case based upon the President's lack of obstruction in a case where no underlying crime was committed. This is insane.
Progressive Obstruction of Justice - President Trump in an unprecedented manner waives executive-privilege, providing documents and allowing White House officials to testify, including his own White House Counsel. Understandably outraged by what we now know to be false charges, and by the treachery of FBI Director Comey, the President vents and blusters, but never takes action regarding the investigation.
Not Progressive Obstruction of Justice - In the midst of an investigation emails from Hillary Clinton's private server are destroyed by people working for Clinton.
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