Op Ed in NYT; Robert De Niro: "Robert Mueller, We Need to Hear More"
"You said that your investigation speaks for itself. It doesn't."
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/opinion/robert-de-niro-robert-mueller-we-need-to-hear-more.html
"Say what you will about the president and I have when it comes to that lying, exaggerating, bullying thing, no one can touch him. He has set up a world where it seems as if those disapproving of him can effectively challenge him only by becoming just like him. Hes bringing down the level of the entire playing field."
"And here, Mr. Mueller, is where you come in where you need to come in. In your news conference, you said that your investigations work speaks for itself. It doesnt. It may speak for itself to lawyers and lawmakers who have the patience and obligation to read through the more than 400 pages of carefully chosen words and nuanced conclusions (with all due respect, as good a read as it is, youre no Stephen King)."
"Youve characterized the report as your testimony, but you wouldnt accept that reason from anyone your office interviewed. Additional information and illumination emerge from responses to questions. I know youre as uncomfortable in the spotlight as the president is out of it. I know you dont want to become part of the political spectacle surrounding Russias crimes and your report on them. I know you will, however reluctantly, testify before Congress if called, because you respect the system and follow the rules, and I understand why youd want to do it away from the public glare."
"But the country needs to hear your voice. Your actual voice. And not just because you dont want them to think that your actual voice sounds like Robert De Niro reading from cue cards, but because this is the report your country asked you to do, and now you must give it authority and clarity without, if I may use the term, obstruction."
Jarqui
(10,120 posts)There are many questions the report did not answer that the country deserves a clear answer to. One example:
did Barr shut Mueller down? - which he could via ending his budget.
There are many more good, fair and reasonable questions that the country deserves an answer to.
Once the impeachment process is underway, Mueller may be more comfortable to speak because Trump will be in a circumstance that he can formally respond to the charges.
jayschool2013
(2,311 posts)Two simple questions, Mr. Mueller:
If what you chronicled in Volume II had been done by White House aide Tronald Dump, would you have indicted Mr. Dump? And under what statutes? Thanks.
Blues Heron
(5,926 posts)He will answer our questions or be found in contempt.