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Key Takeaways From Robert Mueller's Congressional Testimony

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - Robert Mueller refused to play the part. Not for
   Republicans and not for Democrats.

   In back-to-back hearings before the House Judiciary Committee and the
   House Intelligence Committee, the former special counsel in the
   investigation of Russian interference into the 2016 presidential
   elections largely honored his pledge to stick to his 448-page report.
   He often answered questions in a single word.

   Republicans tried to get Mueller to spell out the findings that there
   wasn't enough evidence to prove any criminal conspiracy between the
   Trump campaign and Russia. Democrats pressed him to expand on the
   conclusion in his report that he could not exonerate President Donald
   Trump on possible charges of obstruction of justice.

   But Mueller left both sides wanting.

   Some key takeaways from his testimony:

   Mueller wouldn't be a mouthpiece

   Mueller wouldn't even read from his own report. That made it
   challenging for Democrats who called him in hopes that the sheer force
   of hearing him say the words on television would be more powerful to
   many Americans than the written form.

   But Mueller demurred, and Democrats had to read his words for him.

   Similarly, Mueller wouldn't answer specifically when Republicans
   repeatedly tried to question him about the origins of the Russia
   investigation, the use of secret surveillance warrants.
   

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