Robert Mueller came before Congress on Wednesday wielding enormous influence as the man appointed to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Even before the former special counsel began testifying, two-thirds of Americans, including 60% of Republicans, viewed Mueller as fair, despite President Donald Trump's relentless attacks on his investigation. As the networks carried his testimony to two House committees, the president's potential fate lay in his hands.
If Democrats expected the former FBI director to galvanize the nation in favor of impeachment, however, they sorely misread the man and the moment. Approaching the hearings with all the enthusiasm of a dental patient scheduled for root canal, Mueller stoically refused to shed new light on the dense, 448-page report his office issued in April.
"I direct you to the report," became Mueller's mantra for the day.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/07/24/mueller-testimony-fails-galvanize-nation-impeach-donald-trump-editorials-debates/1812536001/
