Barr set up Mueller

Democrats are getting the info across.

Mueller not responding to those questions by viewers who don’t know about the Barr memo will wonder why he doesn’t answer. I wish the Dems would periodically make this point during the hearing.

Anything. Why the Dems are not following up is amazing. Let the man have an opportunity to say something. Enormously frustrating.

rather than changing direction and trying to shoot down the DISTRACTIVE LIES that the Rs are offering in this hearing.

The whole R playbook is to discredit Mueller and to get the Ds to engage in a defense, which only serves to strengthen the idea that Mueller isn’t creditable.

Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday asserted that instructions from the Justice Department to Robert Mueller regarding the scope of his upcoming congressional testimony came at the former special counsel's request.

"They asked us for guidance in writing to explain or to tell them what our position was, so we responded in writing," Barr told reporters in New York. "The department sent the guidance they had requested."

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/23/barr-mueller-testimony-guidance-1428015

He stays within the letter, unlike Barr.

He's no hero, he's a company man.

I am beginning to think Mueller is simply conflict averse. Seems counterintuitive, but i think he likes the idea of keeping things black and white, unless it risks a public backlash. Pushing decisions toward others is one way to deflect that backlash. Despite a distinguished career, he may just be tired - unfortunately for the country