Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Testimony -- News Round-up





Daily Mail: 'Disoriented' Mueller's stumbling responses to questions during blockbuster hearing leave social media concerned the special counsel seems a 'confused old man' but some think it is all a strategy to frustrate the committee members

* Mueller faced members of the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees on Wednesday morning at a highly-anticipated hearing on the Russia investigation
* Viewers reacting on social media noticed Mueller stumbled at several points
'Mueller is acting like he doesn't know what's going on,' one viewer wrote on Twitter. 'He's acting like a confused old man'
* Some viewers have said Mueller's shaky demeanor calls his report into question
* Others think the 74-year-old veteran prosecutor sounds uncertain because he is being overly-cautious about coming off as impartial
* When it came to questions at the core of the report, Mueller has delivered firm answers without hesitation
* Another theory suggests the wobbly performance is a delaying tactic to frustrate Republican committee members determined to discredit the report
* Viewers also noted that Mueller is hindered by the mammoth task of manually searching through 397 pages to effectively answer questions about the report

Perplexed viewers are questioning Robert Mueller's 'confused' demeanor as he testifies in front of Congress.

The special counsel faced members of the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees on Wednesday morning at a highly-anticipated hearing on the Russia investigation.

Viewers reacting on social media have noticed that Mueller appeared to stumble at multiple points.

'Robert Mueller comes across as a doddering old fool with a questionable moral compass based on situational ethics who should never have been appointed in the first place based on reduced mental capacity,' one person tweeted.

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Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Testimony -- News Round-up

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