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If Mueller is such a rules guy, he wouldn't defy a subpoena right? (Original Post) themaguffin May 2019 OP
He never said he wouldn't testify if called. Claritie Pixie May 2019 #1
We want to know more than this SHRED May 2019 #3
Again - have you read the report in its entirety? Claritie Pixie May 2019 #4
He put in the hands of Congress. We do need the visual of him SAYING what happened themaguffin May 2019 #6
He would show up BeyondGeography May 2019 #2
Sure, but. . . matt819 May 2019 #5
They could get him to elaborate and the country needs to HEAR it themaguffin May 2019 #7

Claritie Pixie

(2,199 posts)
1. He never said he wouldn't testify if called.
Wed May 29, 2019, 12:28 PM
May 2019

He said he would only testify within the confines
of his report. The truth is in there. We don't need his opinion, we don't want him to be political.

 

SHRED

(28,136 posts)
3. We want to know more than this
Wed May 29, 2019, 12:35 PM
May 2019

We want to know a lot more than what's just in the report.

He pulled smokescreen today.
Subpoena him

BeyondGeography

(39,388 posts)
2. He would show up
Wed May 29, 2019, 12:29 PM
May 2019

But he would just refer to the report on every question. He says he has nothing to add. There isn't a law against that.

Mueller has done his bit. He has given us more than enough to proceed. If we don't, that's 100% on us, not him.

matt819

(10,749 posts)
5. Sure, but. . .
Wed May 29, 2019, 01:13 PM
May 2019

He's the only one playing by the old rules.

His old (and still?) friend Barr mischaracterized Mueller's conclusions and is now investigating the investigators.

Trump still believes he's been exonerated.

And, yet, Mueller say, heck, I've done my job - to the letter - no more, no less. I'm sure that if the guidelines were different, he would have stayed within them (whether they were broader or narrower). Maybe that's okay. At this point, I don't think it is, and I don't think history will be kind, despite his record over his career.

All of that said, I have to agree now that impeachment is the only right path forward, regardless of the Senate. Tie the republicans in knots over what will be revealed publicly as criminal activity. As someone observed online the other day, what if the Dems don't impeach and trump wins in 2020. The other what if is what if the Senate remains republican. Then trump has an open field to do what he damn well pleases - you think you've seen authoritarianism now? Just wait. The Dems have to draw the line in the sand.

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