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A Day of Washington Drama: Mueller Testifies About His Russia Investigation

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - A day of drama is set to unfold Wednesday in Washington,
   with special counsel Robert Mueller testifying before Congress about
   Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election on behalf of Donald
   Trump and whether Trump subsequently obstructed justice as president by
   trying to thwart the prosecutor's investigation.

   The stakes are high for Trump, the one-time New York real estate
   magnate, as he seeks to win re-election in 2020 to a second four-year
   term in the White House.

   Trump says he has no intention of watching the five-hour nationally
   televised Mueller hearing, or maybe only snippets of it. He insists the
   hearings are a colossal waste of time and that he has been exonerated
   of either colluding with the Russians or interfering with Mueller's
   investigation.

   However, millions of Americans could tune in for what promises to be a
   riveting day of contentious questioning before the House Judiciary and
   Intelligence Committees..

   The hearings are equally critical for the 235 opposition Democrats in
   the House of Representatives, more than a third of whom have called for
   Trump's impeachment or the start of an impeachment inquiry. These
   critics allege that the president committed "high crimes and
   misdemeanors" -- the standard for impeachment -- by trying to halt
   Mueller's 22-month probe.

   They intend to focus much of their questioning on at least five
   instances Mueller cited in his 448-page report in which Trump allegedly
   sought to inhibit the probe -- obstruction allegations that could lead
   more Democrats to call for the president's impeachment.

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