Robert Mueller’s Testimony

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🗓️ 25 July 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The former special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, testified on Wednesday before Congress. He declared that his two-year investigation did not exonerate President Trump and that Russia would meddle again in American elections. Guest: Michael S. Schmidt, who has been covering the special counsel investigation for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading:Lawmakers hunted for viral sound bites and tried to score political points, but Mr. Mueller consistently refused to accommodate them in his long-awaited appearance before Congress.Here are seven takeaways from the hearings.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, unlike a bar, this is the deal.
0:10.0	Today, Robert Mueller finally testifies before Congress,
0:16.0	declaring that his two-year-long investigation did not exonerate President Trump,
0:23.2	and that Russia will medal again.
0:26.0	It's Thursday, July 25th.
0:34.0	Hello.
0:35.0	Hey!
0:36.0	Sorry, I was listening to Trump.
0:38.0	What was he saying?
0:40.0	Yeah, terrible for the Democrats.
0:42.0	Are you eating?
0:43.0	Yeah, I know that's not proper.
0:46.0	What are you eating?
0:48.0	Cookie.
0:49.0	Mike Schmidt covered Mueller's testimony for the times.
0:52.0	Did you thisiary committee will come to order?
0:56.0	Okay, Mike, let's talk about these hearings.
0:58.0	You had warned us that Robert Mueller would be highly disciplined.
1:03.0	He would be circumspect, and that he would more or less deliberately try to be born.
1:08.0	So how did he start this day of hearings?
1:11.0	Good morning, Chairman Annner.
1:13.0	As you know, in May 2017, the acting Attorney General asked me to serve as special counsel.
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