On Wednesday, former special counsel Robert Mueller will testify before Congress. More specifically, he’ll field questions from the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees in two separate sessions. If you haven’t gotten around to reading the Mueller report yet—but seriously, read the Mueller report, now’s your chance to hear it straight from the source. We'll be live-streaming it right here, bright and early.
Mueller will start his day at 8:30 am ET with a three-hour House Judiciary Committee session focused on obstruction of justice. Despite President Donald Trump’s repeated insistence that the report found none, Volume II of the document details 10 incidents in which Trump appears to have crossed the line. And while attorney general William Barr opted not to pursue charges against Trump, Mueller’s report says that “if we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state. Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, we are unable to reach that judgment.” Expect plenty of questions about the gap between what the report says and how Barr framed it—and declined to act on it—especially given that Mueller has already directly complained to Barr about that very thing.
The House Intelligence Committee will follow up after a short break; expect that portion to kick off at around n ..
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