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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo Mueller doesn't want a public "spectacle"?
Too late.
In fact, not wanting to publicly testify has indeed created a spectacle.
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LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)PERIOD!!
I_have_had_enough
(41 posts)Why does he have a choice?
What is he covering up?
LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)We Already Know.
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)He was charged with doing an investigation and submitting his report to the Attorney General.
And even if you think he has a duty to testify, he's willing to do that. He just doesn't want to do it on TV, for reasons we don't yet know but people have decided to guess about anyway with absolutely no information.
Nuggets
(525 posts)There is no reason to trust Mueller, none.
All the straight arrow Republicans before him turned out to be accordion shaped arrows.
Now Mueller playing games. Sorry but closed door , cant see his body language, cant hear his tones or inflections doesnt cut it. Leaves way too much room for media and Republican twisting. Its harder to spin when people saw it and heard it themselves.
Sorry, Im not buying what any Republican is selling, they have to prove every word they say. They havent earned my trust or respect,including Mueller.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)happening at the DOJ?????
Ya know I had a thought. Say Mueller testified privately. Couldn't there still be like a hearing with them asking the questions and then having someone read Mueller's response ...sort of like a play. Is that possible?
I'm so angry I spent the night verbally murdering deplorables at the Daily Caller.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)Others here don't seem to mind which blows my mind.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)Grasswire2
(13,569 posts)I haven't visited message boards there.
aeromanKC
(3,322 posts)and his private questioning will be made public via released transcript. The transcript should give us the details we need and want to know including who asked real questions and which ones wasted their time.
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)Because if we can't see it live on the teevee, is it real?
And why should we have to READ anything? That's too much work and I'll be busy watching teevee.
pnwmom
(108,978 posts)You got me.
Nuggets
(525 posts)as seeing and hearing.
Its not above being lazy. I dont understand why you would imply that it is.
tinrobot
(10,900 posts)uponit7771
(90,336 posts).. words in his own voice and context via video and audio.
This is a disgrace
onecaliberal
(32,858 posts)OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)onecaliberal
(32,858 posts)kairos12
(12,861 posts)Barr and the Orange Shitgibbon wiping their ass with the Constitution things are pretty much past the spectacle stage.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)What a fucking coward. You have no balls sir, you are a useless piece of partisan shit!
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)Brave Marine my ass
MontanaMama
(23,314 posts)Have you not seen a newspaper? You and your report ARE a fucking spectacle. Get this show on the road.
Without Barr and his obstruction there would've been no spectacle.
marlakay
(11,465 posts)No one will believe unless they see it.
Grasswire2
(13,569 posts)standingtall
(2,785 posts)Remember how he and his team were suppose to be so upset with how Barr misrepresented their report. You would think if that were true they would want to take the opportunity to set the record straight in front of the American people. Just what does he think Barr and republicans are going to do with the transcripts if Mueller gives his testimony privately? They are going going to misrepresent and lie about what those say too.
uponit7771
(90,336 posts)Meowmee
(5,164 posts)It has been a spectacle for a while now.
tinrobot
(10,900 posts)As much as I want to see and hear him speak, I cringe at the idea of GOP hacks playing a game of gotcha.
A public hearing will definitely be a spectacle, both good and bad.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,785 posts)Which I know they would do. Mueller would see right through that and castigate them.
uponit7771
(90,336 posts)GemDigger
(4,305 posts)in public hearings? Like assholes to make themselves look good AND keep their base pissed and clueless. They will pick and chose what they say and what he says. It would not be factual if it is on TV. The GOP will make it another circus.
uponit7771
(90,336 posts)GemDigger
(4,305 posts)Makes a lot of sense.
uponit7771
(90,336 posts)GemDigger
(4,305 posts)They do it FOR the base that is glued to FoxTV.
uponit7771
(90,336 posts)It's not just for TV, they're assholes in real life
Faux pas
(14,678 posts)possibly be a bigger spectacle than the 20 ring circus the hump presides over for fuck sake!
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Blue Owl
(50,372 posts)Fuck that shit...
BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)Theyre the grandstanding loons. That works much better (ie for their base) on camera.
Two caveats: The opening statement needs to be pointed, eg with direct comments on his reaction to the report summary and his subsequent exchange with Barr.
Open-session rules for the transcript; it must be unredacted.
rampartc
(5,407 posts)subpoena the bastard and ask him questions on c span like any other adult.