Mueller Hearings

Months after the Mueller Report was released, we finally had hearings with him personally (Judiciary and Intelligence), and we got a sense of what he thought about Trump. Other than little nuggets like that (such as references to ongoing investigations about the effects of what was found in the Report that seemed to surprise one or more members), the core was Dems reading snippets and getting him to agree or "generally" (whatever that means though many probably didn't take it to mean much of a qualification) about them.

So, hundreds of pages were summarized and blessed by Mueller. Meanwhile, as a whole, Republicans were trolls who tried to badmouth Mueller. Various spin belittled this in some fashion and/or told us how the Dems (who mostly were carefully scripted) screwed up, but net, it seemed productive to me. Rep. Nadler seemed to me publicly to have the strongest position (underlining if Trump wasn't in his current position, he would have been indicted) so this doesn't surprise me. More foot dragging. "Got to wait for the Report." "Got to wait for him to testify." "Got to wait for the judges to decide."

Big sigh. Anyway, I didn't expect magic and though Mueller did come off as someone who didn't want to be there and at times ill at ease, as a whole, I think it was productive. Anyway, it had to be done really, and provided a lot to work with especially if it is used with the care and force it warrants. Big qualifier, but useful even if imperfectly done.