Robert Mueller’s congressional testimony stirred a number of responses. He’s been called a “stammering, stuttering mess,” “uncomfortable,” “dazed,” and “confused.”
Mueller’s six hours of testimony before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees were, for the most part, uneventful. He refused to take the partisan bait and answer questions beyond his purview, and the answers he did give were brief. Some Republicans have argued his monosyllabic reactions demonstrated a complete lack of knowledge in the report he submitted to the Justice Department. Democrats are upset he didn’t give them more standing to launch impeachment proceedings. The testimony had barely ended when both parties agreed that the hearings were a complete failure, specifically a failure of optics.
