Matt Gaetz grills Mueller on Steele dossier's role in Russian disinformation efforts

[mystery-ak]

Matt Gaetz grills Mueller on Steele dossier's role in Russian disinformation efforts
by Naomi Lim
 | July 24, 2019 11:57 AM



Rep. Matt Gaetz shrugged off former special counsel Robert Mueller's efforts to avoid talking about the anti-Trump dossier compiled by British ex-spy Christopher Steele.

Gaetz, a Florida Republican, pressed Mueller on Wednesday during his hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on whether the collection of unverified memos, which focused on President Trump's ties to Russia, was part of Kremlin attempts to undermine the U.S. political process.

“Can you state with confidence that the Steele dossier was not part of Russia’s disinformation campaign?” Gaetz asked the special counsel on Wednesday.

“That part of the building of the case predated me by at least 10 months," Mueller said.

“Manafort’s alleged crimes regarding tax evasion predated you. You had no problem charging them," Gaetz responded, referring to former 2016 Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

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[PeteS in CA]

The bottom line is that despite being tasked to investigate Russian "interference" in the 2016 election, Mueller ignored the most serious known Russian "interference".

Separate question, in the bits I heard during my commute, Mueller was evasive and non-responsive to R members' questions. Was Mueller similarly brief and non-responsive to Dems?